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Above Us the Waves
Film / 1955

Above Us the Waves

Directed by Ralph Thomas
War

★ 6.1/10Audience rating

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.

The story

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.

Cast

John MillsCommandant Fraser John GregsonLieutenant Alec Duffy Donald SindenLieutenant Tom Corbett James Robertson JusticeAdmiral Ryder Michael MedwinSmart Theodore BikelGerman Officer James KenneyAbercrombie William RussellRamsey O.E. HasseCaptain of the Tirpitz Lee PattersonCox Harry TowbMcCleery Cyril ChamberlainCPO Chubb
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Tony WagerGeorge Leslie WestonWinley Lyndon BrookDiver Navigator, X2 Thomas HeathcoteHutchins Anthony NewleyEngineer, X2 John HorsleyLt. Anderson William FranklynNo. 1, X2 Guido LorraineOfficer Interpreter Raymond FrancisOfficer on Towing Sub. (1) Basil ApplebyOfficer on Towing Sub. (2) Walter GotellGerman Officer on Tirpitz Victor HarringtonRAF Officer (uncredited) Arthur HowellGerman Navy Officer (uncredited) Barry KeeganSailor on Towing Sub (uncredited) Frank LawtonNaval Officer in Briefing Room (uncredited)

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