The Silent Enemy (1958)
Directed by William
Fairchild this film based on real events stars Laurence Harvey, Dawn
Adams and Sid James. During the Second World War divers based at
Gibraltar try to keep Allied ships safe from mines and Italian divers
based in neutral Spain.
While this film is
based on real events there is an inevitable divergence from history
at times and parts of the story have been “sexed up”. It is a bit
of a shame that given the impressive real events that history was
changed for the benefit of a more exciting film. Largely the film is
well made and the underwater action sequences are pretty impressive
and it is easy to see how they could have inspired the later
Thunderball (1965).
2/5
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