The crew of a submarine is trapped on the sea floor when it sinks. How can they be rescued before they run out of air?
Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
John Mills | ... | Lieut. Commander Armstrong | |
Nigel Patrick | ... | Lieut. Manson | |
Peter Hammond | ... | Sub Lieut. Oakley | |
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Andrew Crawford | ... | Sub Lieut. (E) J. McFee |
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Michael Brennan | ... | C.P.O. Barlow |
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George Cole | ... | E.R.A. Marks |
Victor Maddern | ... | Leading Telegraphist Hillbrook | |
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Roddy McMillan | ... | Leading Seaman Andrews |
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Frank Coburn | ... | Leading Seaman Brough |
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Jack Stewart | ... | Leading Seaman Kelly |
James Hayter | ... | Able Seaman Higgins | |
Wylie Watson | ... | Able Seaman Nobby Clarke | |
Richard Attenborough | ... | Stoker Snipe | |
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George Thorpe | ... | Capt. Fenton |
Bernard Lee | ... | Commander Gates |
The crew of a submarine is trapped on the sea floor when it sinks. How can they be rescued before they run out of air?
A Rank production, with passable production quality and excellent acting. Much stock footage and a healthy amt. of rear projection, par for keeping costs down on Rank dramatic quickies. Since the screenplay was adapted from a play, its stage origins are still somewhat apparent. The performances of Mills, and a very young Attenborough, plus seemingly one-half the J.R. Rank stable of regulars are very good. The sets and costumes were surprisingly ratty--long in the tooth! Still, this is only a few years after the war, and things were still very hard-up in England. Ultimately, this is a "talker" and not an "actioner", and it does fairly well for all that, though not spectacularly so. The ending, to me, disappointed. I do recommend this for classic movie fans.