The Enemy Below (1957) | |
| Director(s) | Dick Powell |
| Producer(s) | Dick Powell |
| Top Genres | Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller/Suspense, War |
| Top Topics | World War II |
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The Enemy Below (1957) was a Action - Adventure Film directed by Dick Powell and produced by Dick Powell.
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The Enemy Below (1957)–part 10
By Tom on Aug 28, 2015 From The Old Movie HouseAll 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. Sonar rep... Read full article
The Enemy Below (1957)–part 9
By Tom on Aug 19, 2015 From The Old Movie HouseAll 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 full article
The Enemy Below (1957)–part 8
By Tom on Aug 11, 2015 From The Old Movie HouseAll 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 full article
The Enemy Below (1957)–part 7
By Tom on Aug 8, 2015 From The Old Movie HouseAll 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 full article
The Enemy Below (1957)–part 6
By Tom on Aug 4, 2015 From The Old Movie HouseAll 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 full article
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Von Stolberg: We shouldn't have. This American captain is no amateur. Well, neither am I.
Von Stolberg: We build 'em good in Germany, eh Heine?
Von Stolberg: [listening on hydrophone] Now American, turn the right way and I'll give you a pretty present.
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One of the technical consultants working on this movie was Albert Beck, a former German U-Boat submarine sailor, who advised on the submarine scenes.
The destroyer escort 'USS Haynes' in this movie was played by the real 'USS Whitehurst' (DE-634). The cast spent about a month filming on board this vessel. Many of the crew of the 'USS Whitehurst' appeared in this movie. 20th Century-Fox production notes for this movie from the AMPAS Library declare that the 'USS Whitehurst' was a battle-hardened veteran from the Second World War which had during World War II been stationed at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
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