---
title: 'The Silent Enemy (1958)'
type: 'film'
director: 'William Fairchild'
released: '1958-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 112
genres:
  - 'Action'
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-silent-enemy-1958'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052197/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Silent Enemy (1958)

1958 · 112 min · Action, War · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

The Silent Enemy is a black and white 1958 British action film, directed by William Fairchild and starring Laurence Harvey, Dawn Addams, Michael Craig and John Clements. Based on Marshall Pugh's 1956 book Commander Crabb, the film follows the publicity created by Lionel Crabb's mysterious disappearance and likely death during a Cold War incident two years earlier .The film depicts events in Gibraltar harbour during the World War II Italian frogman and manned torpedo attacks, although the film's depiction of the events is highly fictionalised. It was the first Universal Pictures film in SuperScope.

## Credits

- **Director:** [William Fairchild](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-fairchild)
- **Screenplay:** [William Fairchild](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-fairchild)
- **Original Music Composer:** [William Alwyn](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-alwyn)
- **Director of Photography:** [Otto Heller](https://cinepixo.com/people/otto-heller)
- **Editor:** [Alan Osbiston](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-osbiston)

## Cast

- [John Clements](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-clements)
- [Dawn Addams](https://cinepixo.com/people/dawn-addams)
- [Michael Craig](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-craig)
- [Laurence Harvey](https://cinepixo.com/people/laurence-harvey)
- [Sid James](https://cinepixo.com/people/sid-james)

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