The Enemy Below

Starring:Robert Mitchum, Curd JÃ¼rgens, David Hedison, Theodore Bikel, Russell Collins, Kurt Kreuger, Frank Albertson, Biff Elliot, Roger Cornwell, Jimmy Bates, Arthur La Ral, Dan Tana, Maurice Doner, Robert Boon, Ralph Manza, Thomas Beyl, Dale Cummings, Joe Di Reda, Doug McClure, Frank Obershall
Director: Dick Powell
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Product Type: DVD

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In The Enemy Below Robert Mitchum and Curt Jurgens are respectively captains of a U.S. destroyer and a German U-boat whose vessels come into conflict in the South Atlantic. Both are good men with a job to do, the script noting Jurgens' distaste for Hitler and the Nazis and engaging our sympathy with the German sailors almost as much as the Americans. Made at the height of the cold war of the 1950s, the film delivers a liberal message of co-operation wrapped inside some spectacular action scenes and a story which builds to a tense and exciting, moving finale. --Gary S. Dalkin

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It's Mitchum vs. Jurgens as the commanders of an American destroyer and a German U-boat play a deadly game of cat and mouse.

Customer Reviews:

Excellent.......2007-03-14

Para mi padre fue una pelicula memorable. Le recordó su epoca de gloria en la naval.

Excellent film.......2007-03-10

I found this film to be not only an excellent action film, with excellent strategizing and suspenseful decisions by both sides, but to be a wonderfully clear-headed depiction of real people in war. The Germans were not automatically shown as Nazi fanatics (in fact it was made very clear that the German U-boat captain was not a fan of Hitler) but as men just like the Americans.

I found the ending to be wonderfully uplifting and emotional.

Ausgezeichnet, meine Herren!

Great WWII movie.......2007-03-05

One of Robert Mitchum's best flicks. I bought this one along with several other WWII movies as a gift for my husband and because I remembered this one to be a great psychological war movie.

One of the Handfull of Submarine Greats!!!.......2007-01-11

Submarine films are a genre unto themselves, and there is no doubt that this is one of the classics. Beyond that, it shows two commanders battling wits toward the end of the Battle of the Atlantic. Mitchum and Jurgens are both in fine form, and really demonstrate the futility of traditional patriotic warfare, if not its occasional necessity up through the 20th century.

There are certainly better films from the standpoint of showing the outfitting of a German WWII submarine, but that really does not detract from the drama of this film. For the inscrutable U-Boat commander (also classically played by Juergen Prochnow in Das Boot), Curt Jurgens demonstrates exceedingly well the conflict of dual roles of commander and friend with his subordinate officer Heinrich.

Highly enjoyable and recommended!

Excellent battle of wits........2007-01-10

This movie is an excellent example between two seasoned professionals - no good guy vs bad guy, revenge motives, no sex, no swearing; an example of a quality movie that Hollywood can do when it puts its mind to it. Excellent performance by an all-star, legendary cast! A war movie that anyone would enjoy that wants more from a movie than simple gore and violence; a thinking man's kind of movie. A must have if you are a fan of the "destroyer vs submarine" type of naval warfare.

Heroes of War Collection - Navy Battles (The Enemy Below, The Frogmen, Morituri, Sink the Bismarck!)

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Heroes of War Collection - Navy Battles (The Enemy Below, The Frogmen, Morituri, Sink the Bismarck!)
Starring: Robert Mitchum , Curd Jürgens , David Hedison , Theodore Bikel , and Russell Collins
Director: Dick Powell , Lloyd Bacon , and Bernhard Wicki
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
ProductGroup: DVD
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ASIN: B000EMGJFE
Release Date: 2006-05-23

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Frogmen
The new commander of a Navy Underwater Demolition Team--nicknamed "Frogmen"--must earn the respect of the men in his unit, who are still grieving over the death of their former commander and resentful of the new one.

Sink The Bismarck
It's spring 1941, and Great Britain is the only country in Europe yet to be defeated by the Nazi army, but all of that could change soon. The Nazis have launched their juggernaut battleship, the Bismarck, to close off British supply lines and ultimately invade England. A counterstrike is ordered, and with an arsenal of ships at their command, Royal intelligence officers Jonathan Shepard (Kenneth More) and Anne Davis (Dana Wynter) fight desperately to distroy the Bismarck.

Morituri
Suspenseful action highlights this film in which Marlon Brando and Yul Brynner team up to defuse a Nazi freighter, poised to explode upon capture.

Enemy Below
It's Mitchum vs. Jurgens as the commanders of an American destroyer and a German U-boat play a deadly game of cat and mouse.

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Running Time: 414 Min

Format: DVD MOVIE

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The Enemy Below [Region 2]
Starring: Robert Mitchum , Curd Jürgens , David Hedison , Theodore Bikel , and Russell Collins
Director: Dick Powell , and Lewis Gilbert (II)
ProductGroup: DVD
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ASIN: B000092WDC

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Justice League: Justice On Trial Dvd

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Binding: DVD

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Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman
Green Lantern, new addition Hawkgirl
The Flash and Martian Manhunter
"Blackest Knight" and "The Enemy Below."
COLLECTIBLE - Very Hard To Find!!!

ASIN: B000Q351JQ

Product Description

The Cartoon Network delighted millions of comic book fans when they reunited SUPERFRIENDS in this animated update that introduces a hip new look and additional characters more in tune with the 21st century. Vintage superheroes Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman team with a completely revamped Green Lantern, new addition Hawkgirl, and lesser-knowns The Flash and Martian Manhunter to combat villains in an interplanetary quest for justice. This volume includes a pair of two-part episodes: "Blackest Knight" and "The Enemy Below."

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