This absorbing WWII film focuses on a deadly contest of wits and cunning between two strong-willed men. Captain Murrell (Mitchum) is the war-weary captain of a destroyer escort. Captain von Stolberg (Jurgens, in his American film debut) is the commander of a German U-boat. The setting for
their struggle is the South Atlantic. The action begins when the sonar operator on Murrell's ship, the
Haines, picks up an underwater signal and identifies Stolberg's submarine. The Americans begin tracking the German ship. Captain Stolberg, every bit as war weary as his American counterpart, is
on a desperate mission to rendezvous with a German wolf pack and will not devia...
Released:
1957
Rated:
NR
Length:
98 mins