Above Us the Waves
War
Their Orders...Sink the Tirpitz!
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.
1955-03-29
en
Cast
Director
Ralph Thomas
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
Harry Towb as McCleery
Cyril Chamberlain as CPO Chubb
Tony Wager as George
Lyndon Brook as Diver Navigator, X2
Thomas Heathcote as Hutchins
Anthony Newley as Engineer, X2
John Horsley as Lt. Anderson
William Franklyn as No. 1, X2
Guido Lorraine as Officer Interpreter
Raymond Francis as Officer on Towing Sub. (1)
Walter Gotell as German Officer on Tirpitz
Barry Keegan as Sailor on Towing Sub (uncredited)
Frank Lawton as Naval Officer in Briefing Room (uncredited)