Above Us the Waves

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

as Commandant Fraser

John Gregson

as Lieutenant Alec Duffy

Donald Sinden

as Lieutenant Tom Corbett

James Robertson Justice

as Admiral Ryder

Michael Medwin

as Smart

Theodore Bikel

as German Officer

James Kenney

as Abercrombie

William Russell

as Ramsey

O.E. Hasse

as Captain of the Tirpitz

Lee Patterson

as Cox

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