Submarine X-1

1968

1h 29m

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6.0/10

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After losing a submarine and fifty crew in a battle with a German ship during WWII, a Royal Navy officer gets a second chance in a daring raid with midget subs.

Directors

William A. Graham

Writers

Guy Elmes(screenplay by)

Edmund H. North(story by)

John C. Champion(story by)

Stars

James Caan

David Sumner

Norman Bowler

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Top cast

James Caan

Cmdr. Richard Bolton, RNVR

David Sumner

Lt. Davies R.N.V.R

Norman Bowler

Sub-Lt. Pennington, RN

Paul Young

Leading Seaman Quentin

Brian Grellis

CPO Barquist X 3

William Dysart

Lt. Robert Talbot Gogan R.N.R.

John Kelland

Sub-Lt. Keith Willis, RNVR

CPO Boker Knowles

CPO Norman Kennedy

Leading Seaman X-2

Leading Seaman X-1

Capt. Erlich of the 'Lindendorf'

Rupert Davies

Vice Admiral Redmayne (uncredited)

Keith Alexander

Sub. Lt. X-3

Diana Beevers

WRNS Officer (uncredited)

Paul Hansard

Cmdr. Steiner (uncredited)

Luke Hanson

German Lieutenant (uncredited)

Desmond Jordan

Naval Doctor (uncredited)

Directors

William A. Graham

Writers

Guy Elmes(screenplay by)

Edmund H. North(story by)

John C. Champion(story by)

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If you remember "Above us the Waves" (1955) you'll get the gist of this story for James Caan. He's "Bolton", a man with plenty to prove to his superiors and himself after a tragedy struck a previous command. He's a bit of a slave driver, and that doesn't make him popular amongst his crews who find themselves training more and more aboard their tiny submarines on a remote Scottish loch. A raid by some Nazi paratroopers makes them realise, though, that their operations are now on the enemy radar, so expediency kicks in and their mission announced. They are to sail to the steep-sided fjords of Norway and there attack a powerful enemy ship that's been raiding the transatlantic convoys. It's all highly experimental stuff, but can "Bolton" and his highly trained sailors manage to hit their target? It's all fairly standard fayre, this, but it's still quite entertaining - especially in their glorified sardine cans being tossed about in heavy seas, avoiding nets and mines and their own claustrophobia. Caan does enough to keep it moving, and there is enough for the supporting cast of malcontents - an unremarkable collection of B-list British regulars - to set up the full effect of the denouement, but I doubt you'll remember it for long.

Geronimo196707 Jan, 2025