During World War II, the British Royal Navy used experimental midget submarines to raid German warships in Norway.During World War II, the British Royal Navy used experimental midget submarines to raid German warships in Norway.During World War II, the British Royal Navy used experimental midget submarines to raid German warships in Norway.
Nick Tate
- Leading Seaman X-1
- (as Nicholas Tate)
Diana Beevers
- WRNS Officer
- (uncredited)
Rupert Davies
- Vice-Adm. Redmayne
- (uncredited)
Paul Hansard
- Cmdr. Steiner
- (uncredited)
Luke Hanson
- German Lieutenant
- (uncredited)
Desmond Jordan
- Naval Doctor
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis war movie is loosely based on a real World War II mission, Operation Source, which was staged during September 1943. Operation Source involved a number of secret attacks on several German battleships, namely the "Lutzow", "Scharnhorst", and "Tirpitz", in northern Norway, using X-class mini submarines.
- GoofsThroughout the early portion of the movie the X craft program is referred to as "Top Secret". At this point in time, the British used the term "Most Secret", Top Secret being an American term.
- ConnectionsReferenced in The War Game (2017)
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Remember, it's a B movie from 1968--before the days of computer graphics, Star Wars and the like. As such it's an entertaining ninety minute war movie. There's no sex, no nudity, no swearing. You can watch it with your kids.
It's an old fashioned good guys triumph movie. What spoiled it a bit for me were some of the factual inaccuracies. In particular, the scuba equipment is 1968 issue, not WWII. The actors are using modern single stage compressed air scuba gear. Besides not being available in WWII, it would have been a dead give away. If anyone has seen the bubbles on the surface such gear causes, you'd know stealth is not the word you'd use.
In WWII they used double hose, oxygen re-breathing apparatus. No air was released into the water so there were no air bubbles to give away the whereabouts of the diver. As well, in WWII, the divers used goggles rather than face masks.
The second inaccuracy was the commander's hat. It was not a naval hat but a guards regimental hat with its visor coming down over the eyes of the wearer--the brim on a naval officer's hat was much narrower and higher enabling him to see out across the sea.
In spite of this, I enjoyed it.
It's an old fashioned good guys triumph movie. What spoiled it a bit for me were some of the factual inaccuracies. In particular, the scuba equipment is 1968 issue, not WWII. The actors are using modern single stage compressed air scuba gear. Besides not being available in WWII, it would have been a dead give away. If anyone has seen the bubbles on the surface such gear causes, you'd know stealth is not the word you'd use.
In WWII they used double hose, oxygen re-breathing apparatus. No air was released into the water so there were no air bubbles to give away the whereabouts of the diver. As well, in WWII, the divers used goggles rather than face masks.
The second inaccuracy was the commander's hat. It was not a naval hat but a guards regimental hat with its visor coming down over the eyes of the wearer--the brim on a naval officer's hat was much narrower and higher enabling him to see out across the sea.
In spite of this, I enjoyed it.
- bruce.evans
- Aug 6, 2006
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- Runtime1 hour 29 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1
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