- Film Review
- Reviewed By Tony Sloman
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3 out of 5
Warner Bros veteran director Lloyd Bacon fetched up after the war at 20th Century-Fox as a sort of hack-of-all-trades, turning in perfectly competent, if uninspired, movies of all types. He has the benefit here of the studio's starry roster of male actors (everyone except Gregory Peck and Tyrone Power) in a realistic and tense suspense drama about Pacific underwater demolition teams during the Second World War. Richard Widmark plays the tough commander whose men resent him - naturally, though, led by Dana Andrews, they eventually come to understand his uncompromising methods. It's interesting to watch Fox's next wave of leading men - Jeffrey Hunter and Robert Wagner - stealing scenes from the veterans, and some excellent special effects work, though colour photography might have helped.
Plot Summary
Second World War action drama starring Richard Widmark and Dana Andrews. The uncompromising methods of frogman commander John Lawrence cause unrest among his men when he takes over an underwater demolition team.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Lieutenant Commander John Lawrence
- Richard Widmark
- Flannigan
- Dana Andrews
- Lieutenant Commander Pete Vincent
- Gary Merrill
- Creighton
- Jeffrey Hunter
- Hodges
- Warren Stevens
- Lieutenant Franklin
- Robert Wagner
- Carnarsie
- Harvey Lembeck
- Lieutenant Doyle
- Robert Rockwell
- Sleepy
- Henry Slate
- Chief Ryan
- Robert Adler
Crew
- Director
- Lloyd Bacon
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