''Daring Game'' is a 1968 action drama film, starring

Lloyd Bridges Lloyd Vernet Bridges Jr. (January 15, 1913 – March 10, 1998) was an American film, stage and television actor who starred in a number of television series and appeared in more than 150 feature films. He was the father of four children, includi ...

and Nico Minardos, filmed at the Ivan Tors studio in

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and in the

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. The

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was ''The Unkillables''. The films features a team of adventurers and

martial artists Martial arts are codified systems and traditions of combat practiced for a number of reasons such as self-defence; military and law enforcement applications; competition; physical, mental, and spiritual development; entertainment; and the prese ...

who are hired to rescue a captured scientist. The scientist is held prisoner by a

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Plot

Survival Devices, Inc., is an organization that employs a team of adventurers known as "the Flying Fish" who are adept in sky diving, scuba diving and martial arts. They are engaged to rescue a captured scientist imprisoned on a Caribbean island by a dictator. The team parachutes off the coast of the island in a HALO jump and establishes an inflatable underwater

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in an "Instant Underwater Habitat" or "Igloo".

Cast

as Vic Powers * Joan Blackman as Kathryn Carlyle * Nico Minardos as Ricardo Balboa *

Michael Ansara Michael George Ansara (; April 15, 1922 – July 31, 2013) was an American actor. A Syrian-American, he was often cast in Arabic and American Indian roles. His work in both film and television spanned several genres including historical epic ...

as President Delgado * Shepperd Strudwick as Dr. Carlyle *

Brock Peters Brock Peters (born George Fisher; July 2, 1927 – August 23, 2005) was an American actor, best known for playing the villainous "Crown" in the 1959 film version of ''Porgy and Bess'', and Tom Robinson in the 1962 film ''To Kill a Mockingbird ...

as Jonah *

Perry Lopez Perry Lopez (born Julio César Lopez; July 22, 1929 – February 14, 2008) was an American film and television actor. His acting career spanned 40 years. Biography Lopez was born in New York City of Puerto Rican people, Puerto Rican descent. L ...

as Reuben

Production notes

A Chase YC-122 Avitruc hired by the producers crashed en route from

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Ricou Browning Ricou Ren Browning (February 16, 1930 – February 27, 2023) was an American stunt performer, filmmaker and actor. A skilled swimmer, he was known for his innovative underwater stunt work, notably in the 1954 film ''Creature from the Black Lagoo ...

directed the underwater sequences.

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* 1968 films 1968 action films 1960s action drama films American action drama films Films scored by George Bruns Films set in the Caribbean Films shot in Miami Films shot in the Bahamas Paramount Pictures films Underwater action films 1968 drama films Films directed by László Benedek 1960s English-language films 1960s American films English-language action drama films Films about dictators {{1960s-US-film-stub

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