The Enemy Below (1957)

19571h 38mdir. Dick PowellUnited Stateswar filmdrama film

With Robert Mitchum, Curd Jürgens, Theodore Bikel, David Hedison, Frank Albertson, Biff Elliot, Doug McClure, Kurt Kreuger

Directed by Dick Powell

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The Enemy Below is a 1957 American DeLuxe Color war film in CinemaScope about a battle between an American destroyer escort and a German U-boat during World War II. It stars Robert Mitchum and Curt Jürgens as the American and German commanding officers, respectively. Produced and directed by Dick Powell, the film was based on the 1956 novel of the same name by Denys Rayner, a British naval officer involved in antisubmarine warfare throughout the Battle of the Atlantic.

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