Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea The Shape of Doom (Season 2, Episode 20)
TV-G
TV Episode | 52 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

The Shape of Doom (Season 2, Episode 20)

TV-G

TV Episode | 52 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi

The construction of an undersea canal is about to start with the Seaview tasked with placing the first charge, a 50 megaton nuclear bomb. But as it is being lowered an enormous whale swallows it and swims off.

Creator

Irwin Allen (created by)

Director

Nathan Juran

Writer

William Welch (written by)

Producer

Irwin Allen (producer)

Cinematographer

Paul Vogel (director of photography)

Editor

Dick Wormell

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Edit Released

Updated Feb 6, 1966

Release date

Feb 6, 1966 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Won 4 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 9 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
8 cast members

Name	Known for
Richard Basehart Admiral Nelson Admiral Nelson See fewer	Moby Dick (1956)
David Hedison Captain Crane Captain Crane See fewer	Live and Let Die (1973)
Kevin Hagen Holden Holden See fewer	The Twilight Zone (1959)
Allan Hunt Riley Riley See fewer	Midnight Caller (1988)
Del Monroe Kowalski Kowalski See fewer	Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964)
Arch Whiting Sparks Sparks See fewer	Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964)
Robert Dowdell Chip Morton (as Bob Dowdell) Chip Morton (as Bob Dowdell) See fewer	Stoney Burke (1962)
Terry Becker Chief Sharkey (uncredited) Chief Sharkey (uncredited) See fewer	The Thirsty Dead (1974)