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The Silent Enemy [DVD] [1958] |
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The Silent Enemy [DVD] [1958] |
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starring: Laurence Harvey, Dawn Addams, David Lodge, Ewen Solon, Brian Oulton directed by: William Fairchild
Binding: DVD EAN: 5018755502712 Format: PAL Label: Wienerworld Ltd Languages: Manufacturer: Wienerworld Ltd Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Wienerworld Ltd Release Date: September 06, 2004 Running Time: 107 minutes Studio: Wienerworld Ltd Theatrical Release Date: 1958 Related Items:
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 Rating:  - A British made war drama at it's bestWhile browsing the Amazon UK web site I came across THE SILENT ENEMY starring Laurence Harvey.As soon as I seen the title I checked and read the product description to see if this movie was the one I was hoping it would be.It was.THE SILENT ENEMY is a movie based on an actual event that takes place in the darkest days of World War 11.It's 1941, the location,Gibralter in the Mediterranean Sea.British war ships are being sunk while at anchor.It turns out that the Italian 10th Flotilla, operating from a harbor in neutral Spain are attaching mines to the undersides of the war ships using two man electrically powered underwater chariots specially fitted with the lethal mines.This movie recreates the efforts of a small group (2) of British Divers,and an explosives expert Lt.(N) Lionel Crabbe played by Laurence Harvey.(the same actor that played Colonel Travis in John Wayne's film The Alamo)Lt (N) Crabbe has no diving experience,but quickly learns the trade.The group is able to capture one of the Chariots when they force it to the surface when the Italians are on a raid to sink British Warships.When I first seen THE SILENT ENEMY on Canadian Television (yes I'm a Canadian, born and raised and living on the prairies)in the 1960's it was just another war film ,but well made,from the United Kingdom.When I watched the movie this time, I was particularily facinated by the underwater sequences.It was like I was watching the James Bond movie Thunderball,except folks this movie, THE SILENT ENEMY was made in 1958.The action is silent in this under water sequence,but exciting, with the Italian and British divers fighting each other,cutting air lines,smashing face masks and so on.Actor Sidney James plays Chief Petty Officer Thorpe And no, Mr.James is not in any of the underwater sequences.I most associate Sidney James with the Carry On films,but to me Sidney James is believable as the CPO.I hope I did not give too much of this movies plot away.I have been a World War 11 movie buff since I was a boy of Seven that's fify five years and counting. This movie is right up there as one to watch and well worth the price.If anyone knows how to make very good war movies it's the United Kingdom.This DVD is Region 2 and filmed in B&W. Rating:  - Underwater heroesCalypsopiper is right in every regard. This is not a big-budget epic, but a study of men doing dangerous, largely unremarked work in World War II. Laurence Harvey, strikingly blonde and as brusque as a lean James Robertson Justice, arrives in Gibraltar to defuse bombs and quickly takes over a team of divers who destroy enemy mines. Fans of British character actors will spot Alec McCowen, Nigel Stock, David Lodge, Alan Webb, Cyril Shapps (Spanish, this time around) and a very young Derren Nesbitt, who's as easy to miss as Robert Shaw in The Dambusters. Sid James almost steals the show, but it's lean, unsentimental Laurence Harvey, his eyes like chips of ice as he defuses a warhead, who lingers in the mind. In black and white, 4:3 and a decent print, too. Rating: - Great film!A super British War film! A must for any fan of the type! Rating: - LAWRENCE OF THE SEAIt's the type of film you might catch on a wet weekday afternoon. That said, it's an entertaining Brit war flick depicting an episode in the life of Commander Lionel Kenneth Philip Crabb RNVR GM OBE (1909-1956), played by Lawrence Harvey. Lionel 'Buster' Crabb, is an enigmatic character in the mold of T. E. Lawrence of Arabia. A bit of a drifter, coming out of 'nowhere' to be a leader of men. This film covers the period during the Second World War when Crabb served as a mine and disposal officer in Gibraltar, where Italian frogmen of the Italian navy's Tenth Light Flotilla were sinking vital shipping. He was awarded the George Medal 'for gallantry and undaunted devotion to duty'. The rest of his eventful life is not mentioned, although the film was made a couple of years after his mysterious death. His secret mission was to inspect the hull of the Russian cruiser Ordzhonikidze, which was bringing Kruschev and Bulganin to Britain on a goodwill visit. While it was moored in Portsmouth, he was to search for special anti-sonar equipment and mine-laying hatches. Crabb was never seen again, although a headless and handless body was found in Chichester harbour in June 1957, which was 'officially' accepted as his. Such was the mystery and controversy surrounded his death, that despite the rule which usually made official documents public after 30 years, these will not be availlable until the year 2057. The Silent Enemy, is an altogether more entertaining affair, with most of the aggro coming from Sid James's Chief Petty Officer. One outstanding scene concerns the recovery of a top secret briefcase from a sunken aircraft, which I am sure must have provided some inspiration for the Bond film Thunderball, nearly a decade later.
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