Above Us the Waves

Mar 29, 1955

1h 39m

★ 6.1

Their Orders...Sink the Tirpitz!

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.

Genres

War

Production Companies

London Independent Producers

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Cast

Commandant Fraser

John Mills

Lieutenant Alec Duffy

John Gregson

Lieutenant Tom Corbett

Donald Sinden

Admiral Ryder

James Robertson Justice

Smart

Michael Medwin

German Officer

Theodore Bikel

Abercrombie

James Kenney

Ramsey

William Russell

Captain of the Tirpitz

O.E. Hasse

Cox

Lee Patterson

McCleery

Harry Towb

CPO Chubb

Cyril Chamberlain

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