--- title: 'The Enemy Below (1957)' type: 'film' director: 'Dick Powell' released: '1957-01-01' runtime_minutes: 98 genres: - 'Drama' - 'Action' - 'War' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-enemy-below-1957' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050356/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The Enemy Below (1957) 1957 · 98 min · Drama, Action, War · United States ## Synopsis The Enemy Below is a 1957 American DeLuxe Color war film in CinemaScope about a battle between an American destroyer escort and a German U-boat during World War II. It stars Robert Mitchum and Curt Jürgens as the American and German commanding officers, respectively. Produced and directed by Dick Powell, the film was based on the 1956 novel of the same name by Denys Rayner, a British naval officer involved in antisubmarine warfare throughout the Battle of the Atlantic. ## Credits - **Director:** [Dick Powell](https://cinepixo.com/people/dick-powell) - **Producer:** [Dick Powell](https://cinepixo.com/people/dick-powell) - **Screenplay:** [Wendell Mayes](https://cinepixo.com/people/wendell-mayes) - **Original Music Composer:** [Leigh Harline](https://cinepixo.com/people/leigh-harline) - **Director of Photography:** [Harold Rosson](https://cinepixo.com/people/harold-rosson) - **Editor:** [Stuart Gilmore](https://cinepixo.com/people/stuart-gilmore) ## Cast - [Theodore Bikel](https://cinepixo.com/people/theodore-bikel) - [David Hedison](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-hedison) - [Russell Collins](https://cinepixo.com/people/russell-collins) - [Robert Mitchum](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-mitchum) - [Curd Jürgens](https://cinepixo.com/people/curd-jurgens) - [Biff Elliot](https://cinepixo.com/people/biff-elliot) - [Frank Albertson](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-albertson) - [David Blair](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-blair) - [Kurt Kreuger](https://cinepixo.com/people/kurt-kreuger) - [Doug McClure](https://cinepixo.com/people/doug-mcclure) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-enemy-below-1957 Film facts: Wikidata (Q1263897); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.