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The Deep Six (1958)

The Deep Six (1958)

Drama War

We'll get there and we'll get 'em out!

Release Date: 1958, January 15
Directors: Rudolph Maté
Countries: United States of America
Production: Jaguar Productions, Jaguar Productions
Cast: James Whitmore, Steve Mitchell, Jeanette Nolan, Keenan Wynn, Barbara Stuart, Peter Hansen, Alan Ladd, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Perry Lopez, Joey Bishop, Walter Reed, Nestor Paiva

Overview:

The conflict between duty and conscience is explored in the WWII drama The Deep Six. Alan Ladd stars as Naval gunnery officer Alec Austin, a Quaker whose sincere pacifist sentiments do not sit well with his crew members. When he refuses to fire upon an unidentified plane, the word spreads that Austin cannot be relied upon in battle (never mind that the plane turns out to be one of ours). To prove that he's worthy of command, Austin volunteers for a dangerous mission: the rescue of a group of US pilots on a Japanese-held island. The ubiquitous William Bendix costars as Frenchy Shapiro (!), Austin's Jewish petty officer and severest critic. If the film has a villain, it is Keenan Wynn as ambitious Lt. Commander Edge, who seems to despise anyone who isn't a mainline WASP.

Keywords:

u.s. navy gunnery sergeant