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6.0/10 • 15

1968-03-221h 29m

War

Hell can be very cold…very wet…and very deep!

After losing a submarine and fifty crew in a battle with a German ship during WWII, a Royal Navy officer gets a second chance in a daring raid with midget subs.

Directors
William A. Graham

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  1. James Caan

    James Caan

    Cmdr. Richard Bolton, RNVR

  2. David Sumner

    David Sumner

    Lt. Davies R.N.V.R

  3. Norman Bowler

    Norman Bowler

    Sub-Lt. Pennington, RN

  4. Paul Young

    Paul Young

    Leading Seaman Quentin

  5. Brian Grellis

    Brian Grellis

    CPO Barquist X 3

  6. William Dysart

    William Dysart

    Lt. Robert Talbot Gogan R.N.R.

  7. John Kelland

    John Kelland

    Sub-Lt. Keith Willis, RNVR

  8. Kenneth Farrington

    Kenneth Farrington

    CPO Boker Knowles

  9. Carl Rigg

    Carl Rigg

    CPO Norman Kennedy

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CinemaSerf

Jan 7, 2025

6/10

If you remember "Above us the Waves" (1955) you'll get the gist of this story for James Caan. He's "Bolton", a man with plenty to prove to his superiors and himself after a tragedy struck a previous command. He's a bit of a slave driver, and that doesn't make him popular amongst his crews who find themselves training more and more aboard their tiny submarines on a remote Scottish loch. A raid by some Nazi paratroopers makes them realise, though, that their operations are now on the enemy radar, so expediency kicks in and their mission announced. They are to sail to the steep-sided fjords of Norway and there attack a powerful enemy ship that's been raiding the transatlantic convoys. It's all highly experimental stuff, but can "Bolton" and his highly trained sailors manage to hit their target? It's all fairly standard fayre, this, but it's still quite entertaining - especially in their glorified sardine cans being tossed about in heavy seas, avoiding nets and mines and their own claustrophobia. Caan does enough to keep it moving, and there is enough for the supporting cast of malcontents - an unremarkable collection of B-list British regulars - to set up the full effect of the denouement, but I doubt you'll remember it for long.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
submarineworld war ii