The Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea tv series started out great with cool adventures. Then, the plots started getting stupid. Even as a kid, I could see the special effects were limited by budget.
Richard Basehart was Ishmael in the classic version of Moby Dick.
I always wondered why the sub never had circuit breakers to protect their electronic equipment from exploding every time they hit an underwater “bump”.
These were the unclassified files that were told on the show. Imagine the classified adventures they had.... : )