The Enemy Below
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Movie Reviews of The Enemy Below
Movie Review: Submarine movies
Summary: 5 Stars
From an old diesel boat submarine sailor, enjoyed movie; good suspence and action. Thanks.
Movie Review: Excellent
Summary: 5 Stars
Para mi padre fue una pelicula memorable. Le recordó su epoca de gloria en la naval.Movie Review: Sub-love
Summary: 5 Stars
I love sub movies. This one is one of my favorites. Good story and good action.Movie Review: u-boat thriller
Summary: 5 Stars
mitchem is mitchem what else is there to say. sit back and enjoy what use to be.Movie Review: Taut WW II Submarine Thriller.
Summary: 4 Stars
With so many other (mostly positive) reviews for "The Enemy Below", I will try to keep my comments brief. This is a fine World War II thriller set in the south Atlantic, with a US Navy destroyer and a German U-boat hunting one another in a deadly game of nautical chess. It was released theatrically in 1957.
Robert Mitchum stars as the destroyer captain, with a major chip on his shoulder towards German submarines. A previous ship he was travelling on was torpedoed--he survived--his wife did not. As usual, we have one of Mr. Mitchum's excellent performances--tough as nails, but all too human at the same time. His adversary, the U-boat captain, is played by Curt Jurgens--this role is the more difficult of the two, and Mr. Jurgens is quite marvellous. This German is a decent human being, trying to do his "job", hating the war and especially the man who is destroying Germany and its people--Adolf Hitler. Mr. Jurgens simply wants to get home, with his crew and boat in one piece. This is no cartoon Nazi--just a human being caught up in war, like the rest of the men on his submarine.
Since both captains are extremely intelligent and experienced seamen, their "duel" becomes a fascinating exercise for the audience, with liberal amounts of suspense and action. Director Dick Powell does an excellent job--he would re-team with Robert Mitchum a year later for "The Hunters", a fine Korean War aviation film ( also reviewed by yours truly ).
The supporting cast is fine--Al (soon to be David) Hedison is Mr. Mitchum's patrician second-in-command--his opposite number on the U-boat is played by multi-talented Theodore Bikel. You will also spot a very young Doug McClure on board the destroyer.
Fox has given us a beautiful, wide-screen picture--the colours are fine. There are only a few extras--a trailer and a news clip. I must express my surprise though at the mistake on the cover of the DVD--other reviewers have noticed this too. The cover is supposed to depict the two main adversaries in the film--Mr. Mitchum is there--but the other profile is certainly not Curt Jurgens. Both of these fine actors have passed on. Surely, with one of Mr. Jurgens' best performances in "The Enemy Below", he deserves more respect than this ! ?
I only gave "The Enemy Below" four stars because, if I give it five, what would I give "Das Boot", the best submarine film ever made ? Still--if you like World War II action thrillers with two great stars at the top of their game, this DVD must be in your collection. Recommended.