We Dive at Dawn (1943) - Full Movie

A gripping tale of WWII naval warfare in the Baltics, starring John Mills as Lt. Freddie Taylor, a British submarine Captain. The crew of the Sea Tiger are summoned from leave on shore with their families, and sent on a secret mission to intercept the Nazi battleship Brandenburg. In the ensuing battle the British submarine is damaged by a German destroyer. The submarine is leaking fuel so badly that the crew won't be able to make it back to Britain before running out somewhere along the Danish coast. When it seems that their only option may be to blow up the submarine and try to escape to Denmark, seaman James Hobson (Eric Portman) hatches a plan...Working from a well constructed script, Anthony Asquith adds a strong sense of dramatic tension to the interactions between the men in the dangerous, claustraphobic atmosphere of the cramped submarine. Mills and Portman also give good, realistic portrayals of men at war in this tense story.




We Dive at Dawn is a 1943 war film directed by Anthony Asquith, starringJohn Mills and Eric Portman as Royal Navy submariners in the Second World War. It was written by Val Valentine and J. B. Williams with uncredited assistance from Frank Launder. It was produced by Edward Black. The film's sets were designed by Walter Murton.

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John Mills as Lieutenant Taylor, Captain Filmography[edit] Film[edit] Year Title Role Notes 1932 The Midshipmaid Golightly 1933 The Ghost Camera Ernest Elton Britannia of Billingsgate Fred Bolton 1934 A Political Party Tony Smithers The River Wolves Peter Farrell Those Were the Days Bobby Poskett The Lash Arthur Haughton Blind Justice Ralph Summers Doctor's Orders Ronnie Blake 1935 Car of Dreams Robert Miller Royal Cavalcade Young Enlistee Brown on Resolution Albert Brown (later reissued in the UK as Forever England) Charing Cross Road Tony 1936 The First Offence Johnnie Penrose alternative title Bad Blood Tudor Rose Lord Guilford Dudley Released as Nine Days a Queen in USA 1937 O.H.M.S. Cpl. Bert Dawson The Green Cockatoo Jim Connor 1939 Goodbye, Mr. Chips Peter Colley - as a Young Man 1941 Old Bill and Son Young Bill Busby Cottage to Let Flt. Lieutenant Perry 1942 The Black Sheep of Whitehall Bobby Jessop The Big Blockade Plot[edit] This is a propaganda film in which the British strategy of the economic blockade of Nazi Germany is illustrated through a series of scenes and sketches, combined with documentary footage. Tom In Which We Serve Cast[edit] Noël Coward as Captain E.V. Kinross Bernard Miles as Chief Petty Officer Walter Hardy John Mills as Ordinary Seaman Shorty Blake Celia Johnson as Alix Kinross Joyce Carey as Kath Hardy Kay Walsh as Freda Lewis Michael Wilding as Flags Leslie Dwyer as Parkinson James Donald as Doc Philip Friend as Torps Frederick Piper as Edgecombe Richard Attenborough as Young Stoker Kathleen Harrison as Mrs. Blake George Carney as Mr. Blake Daniel Massey as Bobby Kinross Ann Stephens as Lavinia Kinross Walter Fitzgerald as Colonel Lumsden Hubert Gregg as Pilot Penelope Dudley-Ward as Maureen Juliet Mills as Shorty Blake's baby Ordinary Seaman Blake The Young Mr Pitt William Wilberforce 1943 We Dive at Dawn Capt. Lt. Taylor, R.N. 1944 This Happy Breed Cast[edit] Robert Newton as Frank Gibbons Celia Johnson as Ethel Gibbons Alison Leggatt as Aunt Sylvia Stanley Holloway as Bob Mitchell John Mills as Billy Mitchell Kay Walsh as Queenie Gibbons Amy Veness as Mrs. Flint Eileen Erskine as Vi Gibbons John Blythe as Reg Gibbons Guy Verney as Sam Leadbitter Betty Fleetwood as Phyllis Blake Merle Tottenham as Edie, the Gibbons' maid Billy Mitchell 1945 Waterloo Road Jim Colter The Way to the Stars Peter Penrose 1946 Great Expectations Pip 1947 So Well Remembered Cast[edit] John Mills as George Boswell Martha Scott as Olivia Channing Boswell Patricia Roc as Julie Morgan Trevor Howard as Dr Richard Whiteside Richard Carlson as Charles Winslow Reginald Tate as Trevor Mangin Beatrice Varley as Annie, George's loyal servant Frederick Leister as John Channing Ivor Barnard as Spivey Julian D'Albie as Wetherall, the outgoing Member of Parliament George Boswell (with daughters Juliet Mills and Hayley Mills) The October Man Jim Ackland 1948 Scott of the Antarctic Months later, a search party discovers the tent and the bodies. Scott's diary is also recovered, allowing the members to learn of the polar party's fate. The film ends with the sight of a large wooden cross with the five names of the dead inscribed on it as well as the quote : "To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield." (A line from the poem "Ulysses", by the Victorian erapoet Alfred, Lord Tennyson.) Main cast[edit] John Mills as Captain R.F. Scott R.N. Diana Churchill as Kathleen Scott Harold Warrender as Dr. E.A. Wilson Anne Firth as Oriana Wilson Derek Bond as Captain L.E.G. Oates Reginald Beckwith as Lieutenant H.R. Bowers James Robertson Justice as Petty Officer 'Taff' Evans R.N. Kenneth More as Lieutenant E.G.R. 'Teddy' Evans R.N. Norman Williams as Chief Stoker W. Lashly R.N. John Gregson as Petty Officer T. Crean R.N. James McKechnie as Surgeon Lieutenant E.L. Atkinson R.N. Barry Letts as Apsley Cherry-Garrard Dennis Vance as Charles S. Wright Larry Burns as Petty Officer P. Keohane R.N. Edward Lisak as Dimitri Melville Crawford as Cecil Meares Christopher Lee as Bernard Day John Owers as F.J. Hooper Bruce Seton as Lieutenant H. Pennell R.N. Clive Morton as Herbert Ponting Sam Kydd as Leading Stoker E. McKenzie R.N. Percy Walsh as Chairman of Meeting Noel Howlett as First Questioner Philip Stainton as Second Questioner Captain Scott Captain R.F. Scott R.N. 1949 The History of Mr Polly Alfred Polly The Rocking Horse Winner Bassett (also produced) 1950 Morning Departure Lt. Commander Armstrong 1951 Mr. Denning Drives North Tom Denning 1952 The Gentle Gunman Terrence Sullivan 1953 The Long Memory Phillip Davidson 1954 Hobson's Choice Willie Mossop Nominated-BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role 1955 The Colditz Story The Colditz Story is a 1955 prisoner of war film starring John Mills and Eric Portman and directed by Guy Hamilton. It is based on the book written by Pat Reid, a British army officer who was imprisoned in Oflag IV-C, Colditz Castle, in Germany during the Second World War and who was the Escape Officer for British POWs within the castle. Plot[edit] British, French, Dutch and Polish Prisoners of War (POWs) (and some other nationalities), who have made escape attempts but been recaptured, are sent to Oflag IV-C, a supposedly secure castle in Saxony, in the heart of Germany during the Second World War. At first the different nationalities try to initiate their own plans until the senior British officer steps in and suggests co-operation between the different contingents. At first, the coordination fails because one of the prisoners is supplying information to the German guards. After he is discovered, plans remain secret and there follows a number of escapes; some successful, some not. The prisoners of Colditz are high-spirited and eager to needle the Germans. The escape officer of the British contingent, Patrick Reid (Mills), assists in the escape of other prisoners and finally carries out his own escape. The culmination of his escape, his successful crossing into Switzerland, is not depicted in the film however. Pat Reid The End of the Affair Albert Parkis Above Us the Waves Commander Fraser Escapade John Hampden 1956 The Baby and the Battleship Puncher Roberts War and Peace War and Peace is a 1956 American-Italian war drama film directed by King Vidor and written by Vidor, Bridget Boland, Mario Camerini, Ennio De Concini,Gian Gaspare Napolitano, Ivo Perilli, Mario Soldati, and Robert Westerbybased on Leo Tolstoy's 1869 novel of the same name. The film, released byParamount Pictures, was produced by Dino De Laurentiis and Carlo Ponti with a music score by Nino Rota and cinematography by Jack Cardiff. The film stars Audrey Hepburn, Henry Fonda, and Mel Ferrer, along withVittorio Gassman, Herbert Lom, John Mills and Anita Ekberg, in one of her first breakthrough roles. It had Academy Awards nominations for Best Director (King Vidor), Best Cinematography, Color (Jack Cardiff) and Best Costume Design, Color (Maria De Matteis). Cast[edit] Audrey Hepburn as Natasha Rostova Henry Fonda as Count Pierre Bezukhov Mel Ferrer as Prince Andrei Bolkonsky Oskar Homolka as GeneralMikhail Kutuzov Anita Ekberg as Hélène Kuragina Vittorio Gassman as Anatole Kuragin Herbert Lom as Napoleon Bonaparte Helmut Dantine as Dolokhov Tullio Carminati as Prince Vasily Kuragin Barry Jones as Count Rostov Milly Vitale as Lise Lea Seidl as Countess Rostova Anna Maria Ferrero as Mary Bolkonskaya Wilfrid Lawson as Prince Bolkonsky May Britt as Sonya Rostova Jeremy Brett as Nicholas Rostov John Mills as Platon Karatayev Patrick Crean as Denisov Seán Barrett as Petya Rostov Alan  Platon Karataev Around the World in 80 Days London Carriage Driver It's Great to Be Young Mr. Dingle 1957 Town on Trial Supt. Mike Halloran The Vicious Circle Dr. Howard Latimer 1958 Dunkirk Dunkirk is a 1958 British war film directed by Leslie Norman and starring John Mills, Richard Attenborough and Bernard Lee.[4][5] It was based on two novels:Elleston Trevor's The Big Pick-Up and Lt. Col. Ewan Hunter and Maj. J. S. Bradford's Dunkirk.[6] Plot[edit] The film relates the story of Operation Dynamo, the evacuation of surrounded British and French troops from the beaches of Dunkirk in May and June 1940 during World War II. It does so principally from the viewpoints of two people: a newspaper reporter and a soldier. A pessimistic journalist named Charles Foreman (Bernard Lee) tries unsuccessfully to rouse his complacent readers on the home front from the notion of a Phoney War before it is too late. His friend John Holden (Richard Attenborough) owns a small factory manufacturing buckles and is quite pleased with his profits from war work. Meanwhile, the Germans rapidly take the initiative in the Battle of France threatening to destroy the Allied forces bottled up around Dunkirk. Corporal "Tubby" Binns (John Mills), his platoon leader Lieutenant Lumpkin and Tubby's deleted section return to their camp after blowing up a bridge, only to discover that their company has left during the night, leaving them alone in France. One man and a truck have been left to wait for them, but the driver and Lumpkin are killed in a bomber attack, leaving Tubby in charge of a five-man Squad with no idea what the situation is. It is up to Tubby to keep his increasingly demoralised men on the move. Unsure of where to go, they dodge the advancing Germans and reach a Royal Artillery battery camp. They receive some food, before losing one of their men (Pte. Frazer) and being ordered to go to Dunkirk with two other stragglers, where the rest of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) and tens of thousands of French soldiers are gathering, hoping to be evacuated. After spending the night in a farmhouse, a German patrol arrives where Pte. Dave Bellman is shot badly in the chest, forcing Tubby to leave him behind as it is Dave's only chance. Eventually, they get a lift in an RAF lorry and reach the beaches. The Admiralty commandeers all available civilian boats to help evacuate the troops from the beaches. Foreman insists on taking his motorboat Vanity himself, despite warnings of the danger. Others follow his example. An acquaintance, Holden (Richard Attenborough), a motor engineer and businessman, self-satisfied with the profits he has made from the Phoney War, does the same with some reluctance. However, as time goes by, his lack of commitment melts away. The soldiers on the beaches are subjected to regular aerial bombing and strafing. Tubby and his men get aboard a ship, only to have it blown up and sunk before it can depart. When they get back to the beach and wait for more boats to arrive, Pte. Barlow is hit in the face and taken to the aid station. After ferrying soldiers to the larger vessels, Foreman's boat is destroyed by a bomber. He survives and is picked up by Holden in the Heron. When Heron's engine malfunctions, one of Tubby's men (Pte. Mike Russell) effects repairs, while Foreman and teenage crewman Frankie go ashore to survey the scene. Foreman and Tubby discuss who is responsible for the debacle. During a Sunday morning church parade, Foreman is fatally wounded in an attack by German aeroplanes. However, Holden, Tubby and the rest of his men arrive safely back in Britain. Binns Ice Cold in Alex Cast[edit] John Mills as Captain Anson Sylvia Syms as Sister Diana Murdoch Anthony Quayle as Captain van der Poel/HauptmannOtto Lutz Harry Andrews as MSM Tom Pugh Diane Clare as Sister Denise Norton Richard Leech as Captain Crosbie Liam Redmond as Brigadier, Deputy Director Medical Services Allan Cuthbertson as the Brigadier's Staff Officer David Lodge as CMP Captain (tank trap) Michael Nightingale as CMP Captain (checkpoint) Basil Hoskins as CMP Lieutenant (Alexandria) Walter Gotell as 1st German Officer Frederick Jaeger as 2nd German Officer Richard Marner as German Guard Peter Arne as British LRDG officer at Siwa Oasis Paul Stassino as the barman Captain Anson I Was Monty's Double Major Harvey (also titled Hell, Heaven or Hoboken) 1959 Tiger Bay Tiger Bay is a 1959 British crime drama film based on the short story "Rodolphe et le Revolver", by Noel Calef. It was directed by J. Lee Thompson, produced by John Hawkesworth, and co-written by John Hawkesworth and Shelley Smith (pseudonym of Nancy Hermione Bodington). It stars John Millsas a police superintendent investigating a murder; his real life daughterHayley Mills, in her first major film role, as a girl who witnesses the murder; and Horst Buchholz as a young sailor who commits the murder in a moment of passion. The film was shot mostly on location in the Tiger Bay district of Cardiff, atNewport Transporter Bridge in Newport (12 miles from Cardiff) and atAvonmouth Docks in Bristol. It features many authentic scenes of thechildren's street culture and the black street culture of the time, along with many dockside shots and scenes in real pubs and the surrounding countryside. It marks a vital transitional moment in the move towards theBritish New Wave cinema exemplified a few years later by A Taste of Honey. Cast[edit] John Mills as Police Superintendent Graham Horst Buchholz as Bronislav Korchinsky, a professional Polish seaman Hayley Mills as Gillie Evans, a wayward young girl Yvonne Mitchell as Anya Haluba, Korchinksy's long-time girlfriend Megs Jenkins as Mrs Phillips, Gillie's aunt. Anthony Dawson as Barclay, Anya's new boyfriend George Selway as Detective Sergeant Harvey Shari as Christine George Pastell as Poloma Captain Paul Stassino as Poloma First Officer Marne Maitland as Dr. Das Meredith Edwards as PC Williams Marianne Stone as Mrs Williams Rachel Thomas as Mrs Parry Brian Hammond as Dai Parry Kenneth Griffith as Choirmaster Eynon Evans as Mr. Morgan Christopher Rhodes as Inspector Bridges Edward Cast as Detective Constable Thomas David Davies as Desk Sergeant Superintendent Graham (with daughter Hayley Mills) Summer of the Seventeenth Doll Barney (also titled Season of Passion) 1960 Tunes of Glory Tunes of Glory is a 1960 British drama film directed by Ronald Neame, based on the novel and screenplay by James Kennaway. The film is a "dark psychological drama" focusing on events in a wintry Scottish Highland regimental barracks in the period following the Second World War.[1] It starsAlec Guinness and John Mills, and features Dennis Price, Kay Walsh, John Fraser, Susannah York, Duncan MacRae and Gordon Jackson. Writer Kennaway served with the Gordon Highlanders, and the title refers to the bagpiping that accompanies every important action of the regiment. The original pipe music was composed by Malcolm Arnold, who also wrote the music for The Bridge on the River Kwai.[1] The film was generally well received by critics, the acting in particular garnering praise. Kennaway's screenplay was nominated for an Academy Award. Cast[edit] Alec Guinness as Major Jock Sinclair, DSO, MM John Mills as Lieutenant Colonel Basil Barrow Dennis Price as Major Charles Scott, MC & Bar Kay Walsh as Mary Titterington John Fraser as Corporal Piper Ian Fraser Susannah York as Morag Sinclair Gordon Jackson as Captain Jimmy Cairns, MC Duncan MacRae as Pipe Major Maclean Percy Herbert as Regimental Sergeant Major Riddick Allan Cuthbertson as Captain Eric Simpson Paul Whitsun-Jones as Major 'Dusty' Miller Gerald Harper as Major Hugo MacMillan Richard Leech as Captain Alec Rattray Peter McEnery as 2nd Lieutenant David MacKinnon Keith Faulkner as Corporal Piper Adam Angus Lennie as Orderly Room Clerk John Harvey as Sergeant Finney Andrew Keir as Lance Corporal Campbell Jameson Clark as Sir Alan Lockwood West as Provost Lt. Col. Basil Barrow (Battalion Commander) Volpi Cup for Best Actor Nominated-BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Swiss Family Robinson Father Robinson 1961 The Singer Not the Song Father Michael Keogh The Parent Trap Mitch Evers' Golf Caddy Uncredited Flame in the Streets Flame in the Streets is a 1961 film directed by Roy Ward Baker[1] and based on the 1958 play Hot Summer Night by Ted Willis. It opened at the Odeon Leicester Square in London's West End on 22 June 1961. Flame in the Streets (1961) 1h 33min | Drama | 15 September 1961 (Ireland) During the 1960s in Britain, tense race relations between whites and blacks are affecting the workplace, the family, the dating scene and the society at large. Director:  Roy Ward Baker (as Roy Baker) Writers:  Ted Willis (screenplay), Ted Willis (story) Stars:  John Mills, Sylvia Syms, Brenda de Banzie |See full cast & crew » Jacko Palmer 1962 The Valiant Captain Morgan Tiara Tahiti Lt. Col. Clifford Southey 1964 The Chalk Garden Maitland (with daughter Hayley Mills) 1965 Operation Crossbow Gen. Boyd The Truth About Spring Tommy Tyler (with daughter Hayley Mills) King Rat Smedley - Taylor 1966 The Wrong Box Masterman Finsbury The Family Way Ezra Fitton (with daughter Hayley Mills) Prize San Sebastián for Best Actor (tied with Maurice Ronet forThe Champagne Murders) 1967 Africa Texas Style Wing Commander Hayes Chuka Colonel Stuart Valois 1968 A Black Veil for Lisa Inspector Franz Bulon Emma Hamilton Sir William Hamilton 1969 Oh! What a Lovely War Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig Run Wild, Run Free The Moorman 1970 Adam's Woman Sir Phillip MacDonald Ryan's Daughter Michael Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated-BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor 1971 Dulcima Mr. Parker 1972 Young Winston General Kitchener Lady Caroline Lamb Canning 1973 Oklahoma Crude Cleon Doyle 1975 The Human Factor Mike McAllister 1976 Trial by Combat Colonel Bertie Cook (also titled A Dirty Knight's Work) 1977 The Devil's Advocate Blaise Meredith 1978 The Big Sleep Inspector Jim Carson The Thirty Nine Steps Scudder 1979 The Quatermass Conclusion Professor Bernard Quatermass Zulu Dawn Sir Henry Bartle Frere 1982 Gandhi The Viceroy Baron Chelmsford 1983 Sahara Cambridge 1986 When the Wind Blows Jim (voice) 1987 Who's That Girl Montgomery Bell (credited as Sir John Mills) 1993 The Big Freeze Dapper man 1994 Deadly Advice Jack the Ripper 1995 The Grotesque Sir Edward Cleghorn (also titled Gentleman Don't Eat Poets) 1996 Hamlet Old Norway 1997 Bean Chairman (credited as Sir John Mills) 1998 Cats Gus the Theater Cat 2003 Bright Young Things Gentleman 2004 Lights2 The Tramp Cinematographer Jack Cardiff (previously worked on Scott of The Antarctic), (Last appearance) Television[edit] Year Title Role Notes 1967 Dundee and the Culhane Dundee 13 episodes 1974 The Zoo Gang Thomas 'The Elephant' Devon 6 episodes 1978 Dr. Strange Thomas Lindmer TV Movie 1979 Quatermass Professor Bernard Quatermass 1980–82 Young at Heart Albert Collyer 18 episodes 1985 Edge of the Wind (TV play) 1987 The Dame Edna Experience Season 1, Episode 6 (as himself) 1993 Harnessing Peacocks Bernard Quigley TV Movie 1994 Martin Chuzzlewit Mr Chuffey 3 episodes, TV Mini-series Stage appearances[edit] Louis Bradfield as Lieutenant Brace, First Officer Ronald Millar as Lieutenant Ronnie Johnson, Third Officer Jack Watling as Lieutenant Gordon, Navigating Officer Reginald Purdell as C/P.O. (Chief Petty Officer) "Dicky" Dabbs, Coxswain Selected filmography[edit] The Middle Watch (1930) Congress Dances (1931) Night in Montmartre (1931) Love on the Spot (1932) Congress Dances (1932) A Night Like This (1932) Crime on the Hill (1933) Three Men in a Boat (1933) Up to the Neck (1933) My Lucky Star (1933) What's in a Name? (1934) The Luck of a Sailor (1934) On the Air (1934) The Queen's Affair (1934) The Old Curiosity Shop (1934) Royal Cavalcade (1935) Key to Harmony (1935) Get Off My Foot (1935) Debt of Honour (1936) Crown v. Stevens (1936) Where's Sally? (1936) Hail and Farewell (1936) Ship's Concert (1937) Simply Terrific (1938) The Dark Stairway (1938) It's in the Blood (1938) The Viper (1938) Q Planes (1939) The Middle Watch (1940) Busman's Honeymoon (1940) Pack Up Your Troubles (1940) We Dive at Dawn (1943) Variety Jubilee (1943) Candles at Nine (1944) Dreaming (1944) Two Thousand Women (1944) Love Story (1944) London Town (1946) The Root of All Evil (1947) Holiday Camp (1947) Captain Boycott (1947) A Man About the House (1947) Brighton Rock (1947) Caven Watson as C/P.O. Jock Duncan, Chief Engine Room Artificer Niall MacGinnis as C/P.O. Mike Corrigan, Torpedo Gunner's Mate Eric Portman as L/S (Leading Seaman) James Hobson, onhydrophones Filmography[edit] The Girl from Maxims (1933) Maria Marten or Murder in the Red Barn (1935) Hyde Park Corner (1935) Old Roses (1935) Abdul the Damned (1935) Hearts of Humanity (1936) The Cardinal (1936) The Crimes of Stephen Hawke (1936) Moonlight Sonata (1937) The Prince and the Pauper (1937) 49th Parallel (1941) One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (1942) Uncensored (1942) Squadron Leader X (1943) We Dive at Dawn (1943) Millions Like Us (1943) Escape to Danger (1943) A Canterbury Tale (1944) Great Day (1945) Men of Two Worlds (1946) Wanted for Murder (1946) Dear Murderer (1947) The Mark of Cain (1947) Daybreak (1948) Corridor of Mirrors (1948) The Blind Goddess (1948) The Spider and the Fly (1949) Cairo Road (1950) The Magic Box (1951) His Excellency (1952) South of Algiers (1953) The Golden Mask (1954) The Colditz Story (1955) The Deep Blue Sea (1955) Child in the House (1956) The Good Companions (1957) Naked City, episode The Pedigree Sheet, (1960) The Naked Edge (1961) Freud (1962) West 11 (1963) The Man Who Finally Died (1963) The Bedford Incident (1965) The Spy with a Cold Nose (1966) The Whisperers (1967) Deadfall (1968) Assignment to Kill (1968) References[edit] Jump up^ Leslie Weston as L/S Tug Wilson, Leading Torpedo Operator Norman Williams as "Canada", Periscope Operator Lionel Grose as "Spud", Torpedo Operator David Peel as "Oxford", Helmsman Philip Godfrey as "Flunkey", Steward Robb Wilton as "Pincher", Cook Walter Gotell as the ardent Nazi pilot, uncredited

We Dive at Dawn
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Directed by	Anthony Asquith
Produced by	Edward Black
Written by	Story and screenplay: Val Valentine J. B. Williams Uncredited: Frank Launder
Starring	John Mills Eric Portman
Music by	Louis Levy
Cinematography	Jack E. Cox
Edited by	R.E. Dearing
Production company	Gaumont British Picture Corporation Gainsborough Pictures
Distributed by	General Film Distributors
Release dates	20 May 1943
Running time	98 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Plot[edit]

Lieutenant Taylor (John Mills) and the rest of the crew of the submarine Sea Tiger are given a week's leave after an unsuccessful patrol. Hobson (Eric Portman) goes home to save his marriage, while a reluctant Corrigan (Niall MacGinnis) heads off to his wedding. Then the crew are called back to duty, much to Corrigan's relief, though he later has second thoughts. Sea Tiger is assigned the top secret mission of sinking Nazi Germany's new battleship, theBrandenburg, before she enters the Kiel Canal to begin sea trials in the Baltic Sea.

On their way, the submarine picks up three shot-down Luftwaffe pilots from arescue buoy. When the submarine enters a minefield, an airman panics and reveals that the Brandenburg is further ahead than believed. Taylor decides to take a desperate gamble and enter the German-controlled Baltic in pursuit.

When the Brandenburg is spotted, Sea Tiger fires all its torpedoes, then dives to evade German destroyers dropping depth charges. By expelling oil and other debris, Taylor fools the Germans into believing that the submarine has sunk. They leave, but Sea Tiger no longer has enough fuel to return to England.

Taylor decides to have his crew abandon ship near a Danish island. Hobson, a former merchant seaman who speaks German and knows the port on the island, persuades Taylor to let him go ashore in one of the airmen's uniforms to find oil. He succeeds. Sea Tiger refuels while Hobson and other crewmen hold off the German garrison. While they hold them of Pincher (the cook) is killed and Oxford and Lieutenant Johnson are wounded, but they all get back to the sub.

When they return to base, the crew hear they sank the Brandenburg. Waiting for them are Corrigan's fiancée and Hobson's wife and son.