Edition |
Widescreen ed. (aspect ratio: 2.35:1). |
Description |
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
Series |
FOX WAR CLASSICS
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System Details |
DVD, mono. |
Performer |
Robert Mitchum (Capt. Murrell), Curt Jürgens (Von Stolberg), Al Hedison (Lt. Ware, Executive Officer), Theodore Bikel ('Heinie' Schwaffer), Russell Collins (Doctor), Kurt Kreuger (Von Holem), Frank Albertson (Lt. (j.g.) Crain), Biff Elliot (Quartermaster) |
Credits |
Writer, Wendell Mayes ; director of photography, Harold Rosson ; art directors, Albert Hogsett, Lyle R. Wheeler ; editor, Stuart Gilmore ; original music, Leigh Harline ; costume designer, Charles LeMaire. |
Note |
DVD release of the 1957 motion picture. |
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Based on the novel by D.A. Rayner. |
Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
Summary |
Set during the Battle of the Atlantic during World War II, the film tells the story of the cat and mouse hunt between the USS Haynes, a destroyer escort, and a German U-Boat. Captain Murrell, a former Merchant Mariner, saw his wife killed when his freighter was torpedoed by the Germans. Von Stolberg, the veteran U-Boat commander, sees no honor in the German aims of the war. Both of these highly experienced men must now try to outthink and outmaneuver each other, knowing that any mistake can bring instant defeat and death. |
Awards |
Academy Awards, USA, 1958: Oscar - Best Effects, Special Effects (Walter Rossi). |
Subject |
Feature films.
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War films.
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Rayner, D. A. (Denys Arthur), 1908- -- Film and video adaptations.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Atlantic Ocean -- Drama.
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Destroyers (Warships) -- Drama.
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Submarines (Ships) -- Germany -- Drama.
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Nazis -- Drama.
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Added Author |
Powell, Dick, 1904-1963.
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Mayes, Wendell.
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Mitchum, Robert.
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Jürgens, Curd, 1915-
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Hedison, David, 1929-
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Bikel, Theodore.
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Kreuger, Kurt, 1917-
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Albertson, Frank, 1909-1964.
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Elliot, Biff.
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Rosson, Harold, 1895-
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Hogsett, Albert.
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Wheeler, Lyle, 1905-
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Gilmore, Stuart, 1913-1971.
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Harline, Leigh.
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Le Maire, Charles.
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Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.
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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.
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ISBN |
$14.98 |
Music # |
024543115119 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment |
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