Deep Waters
You're Like the Sea...Beautiful and Cruel!
1948 | 85m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Henry King |
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| Writer: | Ruth Moore, Richard Murphy |
| Staring: |
| A state welfare agent persuades a Maine lobsterman to take a troubled orphan boy aboard. | |
| Release Date: | Jul 22, 1948 |
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| Director: | Henry King |
| Writer: | Ruth Moore, Richard Murphy |
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| Production Companies | 20th Century Fox |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 19, 2026 Entered: Apr 26, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Dana Andrews | Hod Stillwell |
| Jean Peters | Ann Freeman |
| Cesar Romero | Joe Sanger |
| Dean Stockwell | Donny Mitchell |
| Anne Revere | Mary McKay |
| Ed Begley | Josh Hovey |
| Leona Powers | Mrs. Freeman |
| Mae Marsh | Molly Thatcher |
| Will Geer | Nick Driver |
| Cliff Clark | |
| Bruno Wick | |
| Harry Tyler | |
| Harry Cooke | |
| Raymond Greenleaf | |
| Eleanor Moore |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Gilbert Hackforth-Jones | Editor |
| Ruth Moore | Novel |
| H.G. Stoker | Editor |
| George W. Davis | Art Direction |
| Lyle R. Wheeler | Art Direction |
| Thomas Little | Set Decoration |
| Fred Sersen | Special Effects |
| Cyril J. Mockridge | Original Music Composer |
| Frank Serjack | Still Photographer |
| Henry King | Director |
| Joseph LaShelle | Director of Photography |
| Barbara McLean | Editor |
| Richard Murphy | Screenplay |
| Harry Maret | Makeup Artist |
| Ben Nye | Makeup Artist |
| Lillian Ugrin | Hairstylist |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Samuel G. Engel | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
| 2024 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 2 |
| 2024 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| 2024 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 2026 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 |
Trending Position
Dana Andrews is "Hod" - a professional architect who much prefers his life as a lobster fisherman. This causes a bit of hassle with his fiancée "Ann" (Jean Peters), who is worried about the dangers of this maritime career. She is a social worker, and when she brings the young orphan "Donny" (Dean St ... ockwell) to hopefully find a permanent home in their small Maine town, the boy and "Hod" - and his colleague "Joe" (Cesar Romero) become fast friends. Henry King has created a good framework for this well paced and engaging story that takes a sensitive look at a young boy looking for roots, whilst offering us a gently simmering, lively, romance with some characterful performances - including the usually reliable Anne Revere ("Mary"). The last ten minutes are quite an exciting watch - the back-shot storm sequence is quite well integrated into the action, and folks gets well and truly soaked!