The Deep Six (1958)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

Rudolph Maté

Writers:

Martin Dibner (novel) and
Harry Brown (writer)

Release Date:

April 1958 (West Germany)

Genre:

War | Drama

Tagline:

The mission of a fighting ship that turned into a tidal wave of fury!

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Conscientious Objector | Beautiful Woman | Based On Novel | Number In Title

Cast

Alan Ladd	...	Alexander 'Alec' Austen
Dianne Foster	...	Susan Cahill
William Bendix	...	'Frenchy' Shapiro
Keenan Wynn	...	Lt. Comm. Mike Edge
James Whitmore	...	Commander Warren Meredith
Efrem Zimbalist Jr.	...	Lt. Blanchard
Joey Bishop	...	Ski Krokowski
Barbara Eiler	...	Claire Innes
Ross Bagdasarian	...	Pvt. Aaron Slobodjian
Jeanette Nolan	...	Mrs. Austen
Walter Reed	...	Paul Clemson
Peter Hansen	...	Lieutenant Dooley
Richard Crane	...	Lieutenant j.g. Swanson
Steven Marlo	...	Collins (as Morris Miller)
Perry Lopez	...	Al Mendoza

Runtime:

105 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Warnercolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Certification:

Finland:K-16 | USA:PG | Sweden:15

Company:

Jaguar Productions

Trivia:

This film marks Joey Bishop's film debut.

Well worth watching

I could not disagree more with CHRIS from South Adelaide who I feel really gave this film short shrift. Alec Austen is a commercial artist and Naval reservist called to active duty in WWII. Having long forsaken his Quaker upbringing he is thus completely blindsided when after reporting for duty on a destroyer he finds himself seriously conflicted regarding the taking of life. Alan Ladd, though in decline personally and professionally at this point in his life, is, nevertheless, very good as the troubled Alec. This film is further buoyed by an absolutely outstanding supporting cast including: James Whitmore, Keenan Wynn, William Bendix, Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., Jeanette Nolan and Joey Bishop. Other familiar faces include Perry Lopez,(Cowhand Pete Ramirez in THE LONE RANGER movie and a crewman in MR. ROBERTS) and Ross Bagdasarian who, aided by his chipmunks Alvin, Simon & Theodore, would later gain recording and TV fame as David Seville. The storyline is also unique in that the main WWII theater of operations setting is the Northeast Pacific and the Aleutians. Director Rudolph Mate's other credits as Director or Director of Photography include GILDA, SAHARA (1943) and PRIDE OF THE YANKEES. Alas, it has not yet found it's way to DVD. THE DEEP SIX is not SAVING PRIVATE RYAN or TWELVE O'CLOCK HIGH, it is a solid production worthy of a look.