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The Deep Six (1958)
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.
Updated May 24 2020
Cast
Keenan Wynn
Lt. Cmdr. Mike Edge
James Whitmore
Cmdr. Warren Meredith
Alan Ladd
Alexander 'Alec' Austen
Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
Lt. Blanchard
William Bendix
'Frenchy' Shapiro
Dianne Foster
Susan Cahill
Crew
Harry Brown
Screenplay
Rudolph Maté
Director
Martin Dibner
Novel
William Wallace
Set Decoration
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