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Treasure Hunt | Scuba Diving
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Budget 3,500,000 USD
At a promotional event, a young Jayne Mansfield was one of several swimmers participating in a underwater skit when the top of her bathing suit came off. Many believe that she let it happen on purpose for free publicity.
After spending months in Hawaii shooting underwater material, the crew lost a barge full of cameras and equipment worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. They were there during the storm season, and the water was so murky production moved to Jamaica, only to face the same problems. John Sturges didn't like the screenplay, and recruited screenwriter Walter Newman to rewrite it as they were about to start shooting.
Approximately 60% of the way into the film, both internal and external scenes are reversed. The cabin of the boat suddenly is reversed and shortly thereafter, the deck scene is also reversed. The name of the boat on the life preserver is a mirror image.
Gilbert Roland was afraid of water, especially during the cloudy water sequences.
A Feb. 11, 1958 Los Angeles Times ad shows that this film, by that time three years old, was widely re-released in Southern California on a double bill at many drive-in theaters with Disney's Old Yeller.
"Theresa Gray: I ought to cut your ears off for staying away from us so long!"
"Johnny Gray: Men who live by sharks, get to live like them. You could almost smell the way that guy was thinking. We looked fat and he was hungry."
