The Enemy Below is a 1957 war movie and is, in my estimation, one of the greatest war films ever made. I've seen it several times and there's just so much I love about this film. What I love about this film is that it doesn't get bogged down with secondary characters, ridiculous subplots or mindless droning exposition. It's just a straight up war film about two brilliant captains, one American, one German, sparring against one another, one in a destroyer on the surface and the other in a U-boat submarine below the waves. When I see a modern film from Hollywood, you know, something really stupid, it helps to remind me that there are films like this one that I can always come back to.
There's not much to really say about the story here. Robert Mitchum plays the American commander Capt. Murrell of the destroyer and Curt Jürgens plays the German commander of the submarine.
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