The Deep Six
Summary:
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 our... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Alan Ladd - (Alex Austen)
William Bendix - (Frenchy Shapiro)
James Whitmore - (Cmdr. Meredith)
Dianne Foster - (Susan Cahill)
Keenan Wynn - (Lieutenant Commander Edge)
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Review:
The Deep Six wants to be a good war movie, and it is a good war movie -- once we get to the war. The problem is that director Rudolph Mate (working here as "R. Mate") handles the first 25 minutes or so of The Deep Six too sluggishly -- devoted almost entirely to the romance between the characters played by Alan Ladd and Dianne Foster}... Continue >>
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