The Enemy Below
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| Directed by | Dick Powell |
| Produced by | Dick Powell |
| Screenplay by | Wendell Mayes |
| Based on |
The Enemy Below 1956 novel by Denys Rayner |
| Starring |
Robert Mitchum Curt Jürgens |
| Music by | Leigh Harline |
| Cinematography | Harold Rosson |
| Edited by | Stuart Gilmore |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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98 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1,910,000 |
The Enemy Below is a 1957 war film which tells the story of the battle between the captain of an American destroyer escort and the commander of a German U-boat during World War II. The movie stars Robert Mitchum and Curt Jürgens and was directed and produced by Dick Powell. The film was based on a novel by Denys Rayner, a British naval officer involved in anti-submarine warfare throughout the Battle of the Atlantic.
Walter Rossi received the 1958 Academy Award for Best Special Effects.
The American Buckley-class destroyer escort USS Haynes detects and attacks a German U-boat that is on its way to rendezvous with a German merchant raider in the South Atlantic Ocean. Lieutenant Commander Murrell (Robert Mitchum), a former officer in the merchant marine now an active duty officer in the Naval Reserve, has recently taken command of the Haynes, even though he is still recovering from injuries incurred in the sinking of his previous ship. Before the U-boat is first spotted, one sailor questions the new captain's fitness and ability. However, as the battle begins, Murrell shows himself to be a match for wily U-boat Kapitän von Stolberg (Curt Jürgens), a man who is not enamored with the Nazi regime, in a prolonged and deadly battle of wits that tests both men and their crews. Each man grows to respect his opponent.
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