Above Us the Waves
29/03/1955
2h



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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.
Cast


John Mills
Commandant Fraser


John Gregson
Lieutenant Alec Duffy


Donald Sinden
Lieutenant Tom Corbett


James Robertson Justice
Admiral Ryder


Michael Medwin
Smart


Theodore Bikel
German Officer


James Kenney
Abercrombie


William Russell
Ramsey


O.E. Hasse
Captain of the Tirpitz


Lee Patterson
Cox


Harry Towb
McCleery


Cyril Chamberlain
CPO Chubb


Tony Wager
George
Leslie Weston
Winley


Lyndon Brook
Diver Navigator, X2


Thomas Heathcote
Hutchins


Anthony Newley
Engineer, X2


John Horsley
Lt. Anderson


William Franklyn
No. 1, X2


Guido Lorraine
Officer Interpreter


Raymond Francis
Officer on Towing Sub. (1)
Basil Appleby
Officer on Towing Sub. (2)


Walter Gotell
German Officer on Tirpitz
Victor Harrington
RAF Officer (uncredited)
Arthur Howell
German Navy Officer (uncredited)


Barry Keegan
Sailor on Towing Sub (uncredited)


Frank Lawton
Naval Officer in Briefing Room (uncredited)
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