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
Donald Sinden
as Lieutenant Tom Corbett
Theodore Bikel
as German Officer
James Kenney
as Abercrombie
O.E. Hasse
as Captain of the Tirpitz
Lee Patterson
as Cox
Cyril Chamberlain
as CPO Chubb
Thomas Heathcote
as Hutchins
William Franklyn
as No. 1, X2
John Mills
as Commandant Fraser
James Robertson Justice
as Admiral Ryder
Tony Wager
as George
Lyndon Brook
as Diver Navigator, X2
Raymond Francis
as Officer on Towing Sub. (1)
Frank Lawton
as Naval Officer in Briefing Room (uncredited)
Harry Towb
as McCleery
Walter Gotell
as German Officer on Tirpitz
John Gregson
as Lieutenant Alec Duffy
Michael Medwin
as Smart
William Russell
as Ramsey
Anthony Newley
as Engineer, X2
John Horsley
as Lt. Anderson