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The Enemy Below

Robert Mitchum (Actor), Curt Jürgens (Actor), Dick Powell (Director) Rated:
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Format: DVD
4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 3,377 ratings
IMDb7.4/10.0
Genre Military & War/World War II, Military & War/Drama
Format Color, Widescreen, Multiple Formats, NTSC
Contributor Theodore Bikel, Werner Reichow, Dan Tana, David Bair, Kurt Kreuger, Jimmy Bates, Robert Mitchum, Joe Brooks, Ted Perritt, Jeff Daley, Frank Albertson, David Hedison, Marco López, Dick Powell, Peter Dane, Ronnie Rondell Jr., Russell Collins, Curt Jürgens, Biff Elliot, Roger Cornwell, Jack N. Kramer See more
Language English
Runtime 1 hour and 38 minutes

Product Description

It's Mitchum vs. Jurgens as the commanders of an American destroyer and a German U-boat play a deadly game of cat and mouse. Noted for it's underwater effects. Directed by musical comedy star Powell, who became a producer/director for feature films and for Four Star Television. Direction: Dick Powell Actors: Curd Jurgens, David Hedison, Kurt Kreuger, Special Features: Full frame format. Year: 1957 Runtime: 98 minutes

Product details

  • Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 2.35:1
  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ Unrated (Not Rated)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.57 x 5.36 x 7.54 inches; 2.08 ounces
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ 2218326
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Dick Powell
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Color, Widescreen, Multiple Formats, NTSC
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 38 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ May 25, 2004
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Robert Mitchum, Curt Jürgens, David Hedison, Theodore Bikel, Russell Collins
  • Dubbed: ‏ : ‎ French
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English, Spanish
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English (Dolby Digital 4.0), French (Dolby Digital 1.0), Spanish (Dolby Digital 1.0), Unqualified
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ 20th Century Fox
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0001NBMH6
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 3,377 ratings

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Robin Lagerquist
5.0 out of 5 stars Difficult to find movies
Reviewed in the United States on April 13, 2024
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Thank you for a timely delivery, DVD is in perfect condition, it is not easy to find old movies. Classic war movies are definitely favorites.
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E7Grunt
5.0 out of 5 stars 4 1/5 stars
Reviewed in the United States on March 15, 2024
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Not a 5 but better than a 4. Not a great deal of special effects but good acting
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Guest 1
5.0 out of 5 stars Review of "Enemy Below."
Reviewed in the United States on February 16, 2024
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A good psychological drama in a wartime setting. Similar personalities on different sides.
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John
4.0 out of 5 stars WWII story of warfare in the Atlantic during WWII
Reviewed in the United States on December 16, 2023
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Adds a human side to the story of warfare
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John
5.0 out of 5 stars Movie
Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2024
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Fast delivery of a great product
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Steve Benedict
5.0 out of 5 stars Terrific war movie
Reviewed in the United States on December 26, 2023
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There certainly was action, but this movie was primarily about the meaning of life and war.
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J. Kim
5.0 out of 5 stars Strange cover with someone looking like Nicholson but not, very engaging Deserter movie I wonder about Hunt for Red October
Reviewed in the United States on April 27, 2016
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I found this movie very engaging not in a war action movie kind of a way, but introspectively drawn by the motives that lead to each and next strategic decision by two commanders of a submarine and naval warship -- the U.S. commander who has a past that gives him more of a motive to redeem himself and his lost wife, and a over seasoned German commander who knows that the days of Hitler will soon be over, and ready to desert. Interesting that as Russians you would be defecting, while as Germans you would be deserting. First scenes of their gear in comparison seems more outdated than the U.S., and as a U-boat, smaller, the commanders are clear of the SWOT analysis in order to remain afloat and alive, as well as their duty for their boat and ship. If the General trained into WW2 is himself from a 3rd generation Prussian deserter who remained in the U.S., I'm sure that would have been more a pondering for the German soldiers to wonder if their lives in America would be preferable or realized if that General will also later become the President during Korean War to administer until 1960, the main agenda being highways and roads in America. ... President Eisenhower. As they are using and recalling from their experience from an initial entry and attack and rebound by a U-Boat, I love their thoughts and conversation they convey, as they slowly resort to the last of what they can give and execute and command as their loyal duty to their fellow soldiers, for their country in a state at a later time in warfare, and why the U.S. commander of a burning ship would help the commander of a U-Boat. Very fascinating to watch the two trying to figure how the other will move and maneuver through each attack and rebound from a warship and one a sub U-boat, the risks they take as well as their crew and watching their reactions, and why a U.S. commander feels that way toward his opponent at the end, almost as if to say thank you, as we're all alive, and I don't know if at a certain point you just let it go to our advantage. I love it.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2024
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トシパパ
5.0 out of 5 stars "潜水艦映画"をジャンルとして確立した傑作戦争映画
Reviewed in Japan on March 17, 2023
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『眼下の敵』(The Enemy Below)('57)
出演∶ロバート・ミッチャム、クルト・ユルゲンス、デヴィッド・ヘディソン、セオドア・バイケル、ラッセル・コリンズ、アーサー・ラ・ラール、フランク・アルバートソン

監督∶ディック・パウエル

この映画を初めてTVで見た高校生の頃は､まだ､第二次世界大戦ものの映画やTVドラマを見る機会が多かった。とくに､戦勝国アメリカの戦争映画やドラマは､ヒロイックでアクションもたっぷりで､恰好の娯楽映画であった。数多くの戦争映画を見てきたが､その中でも面白さで群を抜いていたのが､この『眼下の敵』だ。

始めから終わりまで､米軍駆逐艦と独軍潜水艦の１対１の戦闘のみを描くシンプルな作りながら､その緊迫感と駆け引きの面白さで､最後までグイグイ引っ張っていかれます。今でこそ､「対戦型TVゲームのような面白さ」などと評されるが､そんなゲームが普及してなかった時代でした。両艦の装備にしても､索敵装置はシンプルな初期型のレーダーとソナーのみ。武器も､誘導装置のない魚雷と爆雷や､機関砲のみだ。

そういったシンプルな道具立てに､軍人たちの矜持や友情､好敵手同士の軍人魂の交流などを織り交ぜて作られた力作です。Uボートの艦長が､バリバリのドイツ軍人ながら､ヒトラー総統を嫌っているという設定など､アメリカの観客が気持ちよく見られるように都合よく出来ていて､少々鼻につきますが､まぁ細かいことは気にしないことにしましょう(笑)

[物語] 第二次世界大戦中､南大西洋。激戦地ヨーロッパや､戦艦·輸送船·潜水艦がひしめく北大西洋から遠く離れた海域を航行する米海軍駆逐艦ヘインズの乗組員たちは､退屈しており､新任艦長マレル(ミッチャム)は､赴任以来､自室にこもっていた。若い乗員たちは民間船舶出身のマレルを「船酔いか!?」と馬鹿にしていた。そんなある夜､ヘインズは小さな船影を探知する。

小漁船か? 潜水艦の司令塔か?　独軍潜水艦Uボートと踏んだマレル艦長は追尾を命ずる。一方､Uボート艦長のシュトルベルク(ユルゲンス)は､英国軍の暗号表受取りの極秘任務のため､何とか追尾を振り切ろうとする。闇雲に離脱するのでなく､一定方向に向かおうとするUボートの動きから､マレルは敵艦が何か重要任務にあると察知する。マレルは敵艦に対し､爆雷攻撃を命令する。

シュトルベルクは爆雷攻撃の様子を探り､タイミングを測って艦尾魚雷を発射する。その作戦を読んでいたマレルは､巧みな操船で魚雷を躱す。Uボートは海底に潜り､息をひそめる。第一次大戦以来Uボートひと筋のベテラン､シュトルベルクは､敵将の手腕に一目置く。マレルも好敵手シュトルベルクを捕捉するため､味方の援軍を要請するが､援軍到着までは半日はかかるという。

マレルは､爆雷の波状攻撃で敵を足止めし､焦りを誘う作戦に出る。"智将"マレルを認めた乗員たちの意気も上がる。海底の狭い艦内で攻撃にさらされるUボート乗組員は､精神的に極限状態に達するが､歴戦の雄シュトルベルクは､その貫禄で皆を落ち着かせると､敵の探知を怖れずに蓄音機で勇壮な行進曲を流し､一同の士気を高めてゆく。

激戦のヨーロッパから遠く離れた南大西洋で繰り広げられる息詰まる攻防戦。任務を急ぐUボートと､いつ来るかわからない援軍を待てない駆逐艦。ついに雌雄を決する時が来た……!!

この傑作を監督したディック·パウエルは､元は俳優だった人。レイモンド·チャンドラーの小説『さらば愛しき女よ(Farewell, My Lovely)』の映画化『ブロンドの殺人者 (Murder, My Sweet) 』('44)で､主人公の私立探偵フィリップ·マーロウを演じた人です。

海戦シーンの特撮は､'50年代の作品とは思えない見事なものだ。当然CGなどはまだない。米海軍の協力で､艦上や爆雷投下シーンなどはホンマモンだが､海中シーンの潜水艦や魚雷､炎上する駆逐艦などはミニチュアだが､じつによく出来ている。アカデミー賞最優秀特殊効果賞もうなずけます｡(日本では､まだ初期の『ゴジラ』の頃です)

どちらかというと､潜水艦よりも駆逐艦の方が主の映画だが､この作品における戦闘中の潜水艦の艦内描写は､これ以降の"潜水艦映画"の典型を作ったと言えないだろうか。大げさな言い方をすれば､『眼下の敵』がなければ､『レッド·オクトーバーを追え !』もなかったかも……(笑)
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4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent film de guerre
Reviewed in France on December 17, 2022
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A la hauteur de sa réputation, malgré sans doute un peu vieilli ... cela ne me dérange pas personnellement. R.Mitchum et C.Jurgens tout en retenue; je peux recommander.
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Dennis C.
5.0 out of 5 stars A good character study of two adversaries.
Reviewed in Canada on December 29, 2018
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This movie does not get into "damn Nazis" but the way things can turn from good to bad without making mistakes. A U boat was a very serious machine, and captained by special men. Any damage and it would be your steel coffin. Imagine sinking down while the hull crushes with you inside, and water roars in. No escape. Two determined captains. One trying to save his sub and men, the other determined to sink this sub after being hit.
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陸商王
4.0 out of 5 stars 戦争映画
Reviewed in Japan on March 16, 2023
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決してドイツ軍を悪役に仕立てた映画ではありません。
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Mr Peter J Warren
5.0 out of 5 stars ... seeing some comparisons made with other more recent films like Crimson Tide and Hunt for Red October
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 20, 2015
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I had never watched this film before buying the dvd after seeing some comparisons made with other more recent films like Crimson Tide and Hunt for Red October. I happen to think this is actually the best of them which is odd as I will normally always favour the modern film over the older ones. A classic duel between Destroyer and Submarine and while the ending may be a tad predictable I think the two lead roles are played brilliantly by Robert Mitchum as the Destroyer Captain and Curt Jurgens as the Submarine Captain.
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