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The Silent Enemy(Movie, 1958)

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| 1h 52min | Genres: Action, History, War
The Silent EnemyRating: 2.8/5 (with 77 votes)
The Silent Enemy is a black and white 1958 British action film directed by William Fairchild and starring Laurence Harvey, Dawn Addams, Michael Craig and John Clements. Based on Marshall Pugh's 1956 book Commander Crabb, the film follows the publicity created by Lionel Crabb's mysterious disappearance and likely death during a Cold War incident 2 years earlier (April 1956).The film depicts events in Gibraltar harbour during the World War II Italian frogman and manned torpedo attacks, although the film's depiction of the events is highly fictionalised. It was the first Universal Pictures film in SuperScope. Enlisted men refer to Crabb as "Crabbie" throughout, alluding to his crabby nature. ()
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About The Silent Enemy

The Mediterranean, 1941/42 - Axis forces are using frogmen and manned torpedoes to attack previously impregnable harbours. The Allied forces need to come up with something to answer this threat, which they find in the form of Lt. Lionel "Buster" Crabb.

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Additional Information

Production country: United Kingdom (UK)
Shot in: Gibraltar, Malta
Plays in: Italy
Based on the work of: Marshall Pugh
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 7 languages: German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Polish (PL), Russian (RU), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date US: 03/04/1958
Screenwriter: William Fairchild
Film Editor: Alan Osbiston
Director of Photography: Otto Heller
Composer: William Alwyn

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