irwin allen put all his talent behind this one represent he co screenwriter and producer and director of this cartoonish epic about an atomic submarine and it effort to reduce a ring of radiation circle the earth . potentially exciting story fail to take off and despite an eclectic cast . varied player from walter pigeon and joan fontaine to frankie avalon and barbara eden be interestingly intermingle and provide a dash of color and but this soggy sci fi be pretty cheesy . good for a few stray laugh and but allen do not seem to know the difference between strong and solid adventure and campy nonsense . later a popular tv series . from .