Above Us the Waves
Above Us the Waves
Release: 1955-03-29
·Runtime: 99m
·★ 6.1
War
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.
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Production Companies
London Independent Producers
Cast
Tony Wager
as George
Anthony Newley
as Engineer, X2
John Horsley
as Lt. Anderson
William Franklyn
as No. 1, X2
Raymond Francis
as Officer on Towing Sub. (1)
Michael Medwin
as Smart
O.E. Hasse
as Captain of the Tirpitz
Harry Towb
as McCleery
Cyril Chamberlain
as CPO Chubb
Lyndon Brook
as Diver Navigator, X2
Walter Gotell
as German Officer on Tirpitz
John Mills
as Commandant Fraser
John Gregson
as Lieutenant Alec Duffy
James Kenney
as Abercrombie
William Russell
as Ramsey
Lee Patterson
as Cox
Frank Lawton
as Naval Officer in Briefing Room (uncredited)
Donald Sinden
as Lieutenant Tom Corbett
Theodore Bikel
as German Officer
Thomas Heathcote
as Hutchins
James Robertson Justice
as Admiral Ryder
