| Other author/creator | Mayes, Wendell screenwriter. |
| Other author/creator | Rosson, Harold, 1895-1988, cinematographer. |
| Other author/creator | Powell, Dick, 1904-1963 producer, director. |
| Other author/creator | Mitchum, Robert actor. |
| Other author/creator | Jürgens, Curd, 1915-1982 actor. |
| Other author/creator | Hedison, David, 1929-2019 actor. |
| Other author/creator | Bikel, Theodore actor. |
| Other author/creator | Collins, Russell, 1897-1965 actor. |
| Other author/creator | Kreuger, Kurt, 1916-2006, actor. |
| Other author/creator | Albertson, Frank, 1909-1964 actor. |
| Other author/creator | Elliot, Biff, actor. |
| Other author/creator | Harline, Leigh composer. |
| Other author/creator | Newman, Lionel, 1916-1989 conductor. |
| Other author/creator | Wheeler, Lyle, 1905-1990 artistic director. |
| Other author/creator | Hogsett, Albert artistic director. |
| Other author/creator | Scott, Walter M., set designer. |
| Other author/creator | Babcock, Fay C., set designer. |
| Other author/creator | Gilmore, Stuart, 1913-1971 film editor. |
| Other author/creator | Le Maire, Charles, costume designer. |
| Other author/creator | Powell, Edward B. arranger of music. |
| Other author/creator | Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation. |
| Other author/creator | Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc. |
| Series |
Fox war classics
Fox war classics. ^A573974
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| Abstract |
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. |
| General note | Based on the novel by D.A. Rayner. |
| General note | Originally produced as a motion picture in 1957. |
| General note | Also issued as part of the Heroes of war collection, navy battles. |
| General note | Special features: Movietone news (The war situation, U-boat capture by biplane, Inside the German U-boat base at Lorient, France). |
| Credits | Music, Leigh Harline ; conducted by Lionel Newman ; art direction, Lyle R. Wheeler, Albert Hogsett ; set decorations, Walter M. Scott, Fay Babcock ; film editor, Stuart Gilmore ; executive wardrobe designer, Charles LeMaire ; assistant director, Arthur Lueker ; sound, Arthur L. Kirbach, Harry M. Leonard ; orchestration, Edward B. Powell. |
| Performer |
Robert Mitchum (Capt. Murrell), Curt Jurgens (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). |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Other forms | Also issued on VHS. |
| Technical details | DVD. |
| Language | In English, dubbed French or dubbed Spanish with optional English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned. |
| Awards note | Academy Awards, USA, 1958: Oscar - Best Effects, Special Effects (Walter Rossi). |
| Other title | Heroes of war collection, navy battles. |
| UPC |
024543072058 |
| UPC |
024543115519 |
| UPC |
024543243342 set |
| Publisher number | 2007205 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment |
| Stock number | Midwest Tape (http://www.midwesttapes.com) |
