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The Enemy Below (1957)–part 10

The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Aug 28, 2015

All dialog in brown text is taken from the movie script at www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk Captain Murrell becomes overconfident and underestimates the experience of Kapitan von Strolberg. He repeats a seeming harmless manoeuvre, only to find his ship under attack from four torpedoes.  Sona read more

The Enemy Below (1957)–part 9

The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Aug 19, 2015

All dialog in brown text is taken from the movie script at www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk The thing that stands out about this film are the captains. They do some honest to god thinking, and maybe some philosophising too. They don’t simply blast away hoping to hit the vessel of their enem read more

The Enemy Below (1957)–part 8

The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Aug 11, 2015

All dialog in brown text is taken from the movie script at www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk All U-boats, no matter what design or type, had two types of engines – diesel and electric. Diesel had the benefit of being the more powerful of the two, while electric motors had to be recharged eve read more

The Enemy Below (1957)–part 7

The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Aug 8, 2015

All dialog in brown text is taken from the movie script at www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk Something I didn’t expect in this film was the attention to detail. But as in all war films there’s someone who shouldn’t be hurt or killed who is hurt or killed, and always he has the mo read more

The Enemy Below (1957)–part 6

The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Aug 4, 2015

All dialog in brown text is taken from the movie script at www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk I said earlier that Doc is the “soul” of the entire crew. He not only thinks thoughts one might not associate with a military man, but some his questions cause others to consider what they̵ read more

The Enemy Below (1957)–part 5

The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Aug 1, 2015

All dialog in brown text is taken from the movie script at www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk * In part 4 I was mistaken. I said the “spook” was discovered by sonar. That was wrong. Since the ship was on the surface, and the “spook” was too, it could have only been discovere read more

The Enemy Below (1957)–part 4

The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Jul 29, 2015

All dialog in brown text is taken from the movie script at www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk The film The Enemy Below was, and still is, a rarity. It’s one of the very few war films that doesn’t glorify war. The people in it don’t go out of their way to denigrate their opponent. read more

The Enemy Below (1957)–part 3

The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Jul 26, 2015

All dialog in brown text is taken from the movie script at www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk When I watch a film, good or bad, I’m always on the lookout for stars I didn’t know were in the film. Sometimes the have dialog, and sometimes they’re don’t. When that happens they read more

The Enemy Below (1957)–part 2

The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Jul 16, 2015

All dialog in brown text is taken from the movie script at www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk Curt Jurgens was born Curd Gustav Andreas Gottlieb Franz Jurgens, and was an accomplished German-Austrian stage and film actor. When appeared in English speaking roles his name was Americanized to Curt. H read more

The Enemy Below (1957)–Part 1

The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Jul 5, 2015

All dialog in brown text is taken from the movie script at www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk Starring Robert Mitchum as Captain Murrell  Curt Jurgens as Kapitan von Strolberg  Russell Collins as “Doc” and debuting in their first feature film…  Doug McClure as En read more