The enemy below [videorecording] / 20th Century Fox ; screenplay by Wendell Mayes ; director of photography, Harold Rosson ; produced and directed by Dick Powell.

Albertson, Frank, 1909-1964 (Added Author). Albertson, Frank, 1909-1964 (Actor). Babcock, Fay C. (Set designer). Bikel, Theodore. (Added Author). Bikel, Theodore. (Actor). Collins, Russell, 1897-1965 (Actor). Elliot, Biff. (Added Author). Elliot, Biff. (Actor). Gilmore, Stuart, 1913-1971 (Added Author). Gilmore, Stuart, 1913-1971 (Film editor). Harline, Leigh. (Added Author). Harline, Leigh. (Composer). Hedison, David, 1929- (Added Author). Hedison, David, 1929- (Actor). Hogsett, Albert. (Added Author). Hogsett, Albert. (Artistic director). Jürgens, Curd, 1915- (Added Author). Jürgens, Curd, 1915-1982 (Actor). Kreuger, Kurt, 1916-2006 (Actor). Kreuger, Kurt, 1917- (Added Author). Le Maire, Charles. (Added Author). Le Maire, Charles. (Costume designer). Mayes, Wendell. (Added Author). Mayes, Wendell. (Screenwriter). Mitchum, Robert. (Added Author). Mitchum, Robert. (Actor). Newman, Lionel, 1916-1989 (Conductor). Powell, Dick, 1904-1963 (Added Author). Powell, Dick, 1904-1963 (Producer, Director). Powell, Edward B. (Arranger). Rosson, Harold, 1895- (Added Author). Rosson, Harold, 1895-1988 (Cinematographer). Scott, Walter M. (Set designer). Wheeler, Lyle, 1905- (Added Author). Wheeler, Lyle, 1905-1990 (Artistic director). Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc. (Added Author). Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation. (Added Author). Robert Mitchum (Capt. Murrell), Curt Jurgens (Von Stolberg), Al Hedison (Lt. Ware, Executive Officer), Theodore Bikel ('Heinie' Schwaffer), Russell Collins (Doctor), Kurt Kreuger (Von Holem), Frank Albertson (Lt. (j.g.) Crain), Biff Elliot (Quartermaster). (Cast).

Summary:

Set during the Battle of the Atlantic during World War II, the film tells the story of the cat and mouse hunt between the USS Haynes, a destroyer escort, and a German U-Boat. Captain Murrell, a former Merchant Mariner, saw his wife killed when his freighter was torpedoed by the Germans. Von Stolberg, the veteran U-Boat commander, sees no honor in the German aims of the war. Both of these highly experienced men must now try to outthink and outmaneuver each other, knowing that any mistake can bring instant defeat and death.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Edition: Widescreen
Publisher: Beverly Hills, Calif. : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2004]
Copyright: copyright 2004

Content descriptions

General Note:	Also issued as part of the Heroes of war collection, navy battles. Based on the novel by D.A. Rayner. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1957. Special features: Movietone news (The war situation, U-boat capture by biplane, Inside the German U-boat base at Lorient, France).
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Music, Leigh Harline ; conducted by Lionel Newman ; art direction, Lyle R. Wheeler, Albert Hogsett ; set decorations, Walter M. Scott, Fay Babcock ; film editor, Stuart Gilmore ; executive wardrobe designer, Charles LeMaire ; assistant director, Arthur Lueker ; sound, Arthur L. Kirbach, Harry M. Leonard ; orchestration, Edward B. Powell.
Participant or Performer Note:	Robert Mitchum (Capt. Murrell), Curt Jurgens (Von Stolberg), Al Hedison (Lt. Ware, Executive Officer), Theodore Bikel ('Heinie' Schwaffer), Russell Collins (Doctor), Kurt Kreuger (Von Holem), Frank Albertson (Lt. (j.g.) Crain), Biff Elliot (Quartermaster).
Target Audience Note:	MPAA rating: Not rated.
System Details Note:	DVD; region 1, NTSC; anamorphic widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; 4.0 surround, mono.
Language Note:	In English, dubbed French or dubbed Spanish with optional English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
Awards Note:	Academy Awards, USA, 1958: Oscar - Best Effects, Special Effects (Walter Rossi).