The Frogmen (1951)

Directed by

Lloyd Bacon

Genre

war film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 35m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 28 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A new commander takes charge of a unit of Navy demolition divers during World War II. The men must learn to trust his leadership as they carry out dangerous underwater missions against Japanese forces.

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What happens

The Frogmen is a 1951 American black-and-white World War II drama film distributed by Twentieth Century-Fox, produced by Samuel G. Engel, directed by Lloyd Bacon and starring Richard Widmark, Dana Andrews and Gary Merrill. The plot is based on the divers of the United States Navy Underwater Demolition Team, popularly known as "frogmen", against the Japanese Army and naval forces. It was the first film about scuba diving and became a popular cultural hit. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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