Above Us the Waves

• 6.0 War
• 1955-03-29
• 99 minutes mins

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.

Starring:

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)

Director:

Ralph Thomas

Writer:

Robin Estridge