Above Us the Waves (1955)
In World War II, the greatest threat to the British navy is the German battleship Tirpitz. While anchored in a Norwegian fjord, it is impossible to attack by conventional means, so a plan is hatched for a special commando unit to attack it, using midget submarines to plant underwater explosives.
- Released
- 1955-03-29
- Genres
- War
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Ralph Thomas, Robin Estridge
- TMDB rating
- 6.1/10 from 39 votes
Cast
- John Mills as Commandant Fraser
- John Gregson as Lieutenant Alec Duffy
- Donald Sinden as Lieutenant Tom Corbett
- James Robertson Justice as Admiral Ryder
- Michael Medwin as Smart
- Theodore Bikel as German Officer
- James Kenney as Abercrombie
- William Russell as Ramsey
- O.E. Hasse as Captain of the Tirpitz
- Lee Patterson as Cox
- Harry Towb as McCleery
- Cyril Chamberlain as CPO Chubb
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