The Frogmen
by Lloyd Bacon
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Actor: Dana Andrews, Gary Merrill, Jeffrey Hunter, Richard Widmark, Warren StevensDirector: Lloyd Bacon
Brand: Twentieth Century Fox
Cinematographer: Norbert Brodine
Editor: William Reynolds
Producer: Samuel G. Engel
Writer: John Tucker Battle
Writer: Oscar Millard
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 1.0; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 96 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-05-24
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Movie Reviews of The Frogmen
Movie Review: Into the Deep end of the Pool
Summary: 4 Stars
I had never heard of this movie until it popped up as an Amazon recommendation, and I read purchaser reviews of it. I'm glad I was guided by those reviews.
It's a well written and well acted little movie about a WWII UDT team accustoming themselves to a new leader, who replaces a very popular leader who died in action. Richard Widmark is great as the somewhat stiff and by the book new officer. So too is Dana Andrews as the chief petty officer who will become the linch pin around the eventual acceptance of the new leader by the team. In between, however, there is a lot of friction between them,
As an avid SCUBA diver, I found it interesting how primative and minimal the UDT teams equipment was. The underwater photography was suprisingly well done for the time, although probably done in a back lot pool, as there was not a fish in sight.
If you like human drama as much as load explosions, give this one a try.
Summary of The Frogmen
Studio: Tcfhe Release Date: 05/13/2008Richard Widmark plays Lt. Commander John Lawrence, a sympathetic but unfairly disliked leader of a group of Navy underwater demolition experts in the fascinating World War II drama The Frogmen. Basically a story written around some authentic Navy footage of real frogmen in action, the film is full of daring maneuvers that (even when occasionally simulated) reveal much about the clandestine operations of frogmen as they engage in reconnaissance and ambushing missions, sometimes under cover of night. As such, The Frogmen will delight Navy buffs, but the very human tale of a commanding officer losing the respect of his men for reasons he can't help is universally compelling. Dana Andrews and Jeffrey Hunter play two of the men under Lawrence's command who request transfers after Widmark's officer proves a little more by-the-book than their previous, much-beloved boss. Gary Merrill has a nice supporting role as a ship's reflective, pipe-chewing commander who befriends Lawrence and helps him get through a tough time. There are several, nicely suspenseful set pieces, including a harrowing scene involving an unexploded torpedo sticking its nose into sick bay (while a major character is helpless to flee). --Tom Keogh
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