Above Us the Waves
Their Orders...Sink the Tirpitz!
1955 · 1h 39m · Approved
War
Directed by
Ralph Thomas
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Above Us the Waves
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Ralph Thomas Director
- 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
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