Review of Raiders from Beneath the Sea

I was expecting Raiders From Beneath the Sea to be good for some cheesy B movie chuckles. To my surprise, this film has some qualities that raise it a notch or two above the usual fare. 1. Overall, the acting decent, with an especially credible performance from Merry Anders. 2. The cinematography is better than average for a B movie. 3. Some (not all) of the dialogue is snappy film noir, especially the lines delivered by Russ Bender as Tucker. This film isn't a keeper, but it has enough going for it to set it apart from the laughable B movies. I watched it back-to-back with Rocket To the Moon (formerly known as Cat Women of the Moon, as described in the titles), and this one provided the cheesy laughs I was expecting. Marie Windsor, the Queen of the Bs, must have recognized the movie is so bad it isn't even campy, because she didn't put much effort into her performance, although Victor Jory, and, oddly, Sonny Tufts rose above the material.