The Deep Six
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“We'll get there and we'll get 'em out!”
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.
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Cast
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Alan Ladd
Alexander 'Alec' Austen
Known for
Shane
This Gun for Hire
Dianne Foster
Susan Cahill
Known for
The Kentuckian
The Last Hurrah
William Bendix
'Frenchy' Shapiro
Known for
Lifeboat
The Blue Dahlia
Keenan Wynn
Lt. Cmdr. Mike Edge
Known for
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Once Upon a Time in the West
James Whitmore
Cmdr. Warren Meredith
Known for
The Shawshank Redemption
Planet of the Apes
Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
Lt. Blanchard
Known for
The New Batman Adventures
Batman: The Animated Series
Joey Bishop
Ski Krokowski
Known for
The Delta Force
Ocean's Eleven
Barbara Eiler
Claire Innes
Also in
The Night Before Christmas
The Bubble
Ross Bagdasarian
Pvt. Aaron Slobodjian
Known for
Rear Window
Jeanette Nolan
Mrs. Austen
Known for
The Fox and the Hound
The Rescuers
Walter Reed
Paul Clemson
Known for
7 Men from Now
Superman and the Mole Men
Peter Hansen
Lieutenant Dooley
Known for
When Worlds Collide
Rudolph Maté Director · Harry Brown Screenplay Martin Dibner Author
United States release January 15, 1958 · Produced in United States · Production Warner Bros. Pictures
Production
Jaguar Productions
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Studio
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · January 15, 1958
Theatrical
Denmark
November 26, 1958 · Theatrical
Germany
April 3, 1958 · Theatrical
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