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| Florence Marly and the gang |
UNDERSEA GIRL (1957). Director: John Peyser. Members of a gang led by Sam Marvin (Ralph Clanton) are after loot that comes from a sunken Navy ship. Reporter Valerie Hudson (Mara Corday of Tarantula) is trying to get info for her story from Lt. Mike Travis (Dan Seymour) and Naval investigator Brad Chase (Pat Conway), Val's on again/off again boyfriend. Apparently Brad wants Val to stop this foolishness and just shut up and marry him. Meanwhile Sam's girlfriend, Leila (Florence Marly) seems to be playing him against nasty Eric Nelson (Myron Healey of Panther Girl of the Kongo), who has his own plans for the money hidden in an underwater cave.
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| Pat Conway and Mara Corday |
Well I won't quite say that watching Undersea Girl is like watching paint dry, but it's not all that much better. You would think a movie with gangs, hidden treasure, underwater attacks and murder, a gun moll and a brash lady reporter would be a lot more interesting than it is. Corday gives her usual spirited performance; Florence Marley is as odd as ever; Pat Conway -- son of director Jack Conway -- is okay as the hero; he was also in Deadly Mantis but had mostly television credits. Myron Healey actually does some of his best work as the sociopathic and slimy Nelson. Undersea Girl plays like a low-budget and uninspired TV production, which comes as no great surprise as director John Peyser mostly helmed episodes of TV shows. Verdict: Even Florence Marley of Queen of Blood can't save this one! **.
Have never heard of Florence Marley but you've piqued my interest. She looks like an actress with moxie!
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Her big role was in "Queen of Blood" in which she plays a blood-sucking alien. With her "slobovian" accent and Cheshire cat expressions she was certainly unique, even if she never made that big an impression on film buffs.
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