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Above Us the Waves (1955)

Director: Ralph Thomas

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From Time Out Film Guide

Lamentable World War II heroics, told in muddled, would-be semi-documentary style, with the 'Tirpitz' sunk in a flood of stiff upper lips. Mills is the commander sending his midget submarines out into the studio tank.

Author: TM

Time Out Film Guide


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