Ben Gazzara Yvette Mimieux Walter Pidgeon Ernest Borgnine
Cinematography
Harry Makin
Edited by
Stan Cole
Music by
Lalo Schifrin
Distributed by
20th Century Fox
Release date
August 3, 1973 (1973-08-03)
[1]
Running time
98 minutes
Country
Canada
Language
English
Budget
$2.5 million[2]
Box office
$2,750,000 (US/ Canada)[3]
The Neptune Factor, also known as The Neptune Disaster,[4] is a 1973 science fiction film directed by Daniel Petrie, featuring underwater cinematography by Paul Herbermann. The film's special effects utilized underwater photography of miniatures with actual marine life.
^"The Neptune Factor advertisement". Daily Variety. May 31, 1973. p. 5.
^Solomon, Aubrey. Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989. ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1. p257
^Solomon p 232. See also "Big Rental Films of 1973", Variety, 9 January 1974 p 19. Please note figure is rentals not total gross.
^Alternate Titles for THE NEPTUNE FACTOR at IMDb
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