Season 4 • Episode 38
LatestMike must find and disarm a torpedo that's been sent into the outflow tube of a hydro-electric plant.
Sea Hunt is an American adventure television series that aired in syndication from 1958 to 1961 and was popular in syndication for decades afterwards. The series originally aired for four seasons, with 155 episodes produced. It stars Lloyd Bridges as ex-Navy frogman Mike Nelson, and was produced by Ivan Tors.
Practical Effects
Lloyd Bridges actually did most of his own diving.
Production
Shot at Marineland before theme parks killed practical ocean filming.
Creator
Ivan Tors
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Lloyd Bridges' sons Jeff and Beau both became major stars; Jeff later starred in The Big Lebowski, creating cinema's most famous slacker as the son of TV's most competent man.
Sea Hunt single-handedly created the scuba diving boom of the late 1950s—suddenly every suburban dad wanted to be Mike Nelson, oxygen tank and all.
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