Survivors from an American tanker sunk by a German U-boat spend eleven
days at sea on a raft. They are in
port for a short time and their next assignment is the liberty ship, Sea
Witch. This ship is headed for
Murmansk but through the U-boat patrolled North Atlantic. The ship is sailing with a convoy but
they find themselves among a wolf pack of about six U-boats.
This is good, in black and white but plenty of action. The Sea Witch is sailing silently to
avoid one of the U-boats and this ploy is succeeding until a chain snaps loose
and falls into the water. 3 ½* (I
liked this movie)
126 min, Drama directed by Lloyd Bacon with Humphrey Bogart,
Raymond Massey, Alan Hale, Julie Bishop, Ruth Gordon, Sam Levene, Dane Clark,
Peter Whitney.
Note: Imdb 7.0,
67% audience on Rotten Tomatoes.
Special Note: I found a trivia item about this film that says the normal speed of a steamer would be 10-12 knots and the normal speed of a U-boat is 3-4 knots. Merchant marines were the crews on these ships. Murmansk is a port city of Russia in the extreme northwest.
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