The Deep is a 1977 adventure film directed by Peter Yates and based on Peter Benchley's novel of the same name. The film stars Robert Shaw, Jacqueline Bisset, and Nick Nolte. While scuba-diving near shipwrecks off Bermuda, vacationing couple David Sanders and Gail Berke recover a number of artifacts, including an ampule of amber-colored liquid and a medallion bearing the image of a woman and the letters "O.P.N.S.C" and a date, 1714. Sanders and Berke seek the advice of lighthouse-keeper and treasure-hunter Romer Treece on the origin of the medallion, who identifies the item as Spanish and... takes an interest in the young couple. The ampule is noticed by the man who had rented diving equipment to Sanders and Berke, which in turn attracts the attention of Henri Cloche , a local drug kingpin for whom the shop owner works, who wants to buy the ampule with no luck and then begins to terrorize the couple with Haitian black magic. The ampule contains medicinal morphine from the Goliath, a ship that sank during World War II with a cargo of munitions and medical supplies.
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| Release date: | June 17, 1977 |
| Directed by: | Peter Yates |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 123 Minutes |
| Producer: | Peter Guber |
| Editor: | David Berlatsky |
| Music by: | John Barry |
| Cinematography: | Christopher Challis |
| Screenplay by: | Peter Benchley, Tracy Keenan Wynn |
| Adapted from: | The Deep |
| Genre: | Adventure, Action |