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From the novel with the same name by D. A. Rayner.
A U-boat captain and the captain of an American destroyer play cat-and-mouse across the Atlantic.
It was the New Year’s Day Videofest, and our theme was Under Water. I had warned Ottersis and Mr. Otter that there would only be ONE submarines-at-war movie, because my tolerance is low, and this is the one that Mr. Otter chose.
And it was good! Both Robert Mitchum* (the American captain) and Curt Jurgens (the German captain) were excellent. The plot was suspenseful without being either too “Americans good, Nazis bad” preachy, and the Germans, as well as the Americans, had real personalities.
There were some technical ‘how a boat works’ details, not overwhelming but interesting, and the denouement was very good.
I’ve seen some bad submarine movies (K-19, I’m looking at you here), and some of them are just ‘guys in a box’…but this was a great choice!
*Now promoted to Serious Honey as of 2022
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