Submarine X-1 (1968)
- Directed by
- William A. Graham
- Genre
- war film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Rating
- 6.2 of 10 from 16 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
In 1943, a British naval commander trains a crew to pilot small submarines for a dangerous mission. They plan to sneak into a Norwegian fjord and destroy a German battleship.
tensesuspensefulgrittyseriousmethodicalunderwaterwar-torn
What happens
Submarine X-1 is a 1968 British war film directed by William Graham and starring James Caan and David Sumner. It was written by Donald S. Sanford and Guy Elmes based on a story by John C. Champion and Edmund H. North. It is loosely based on the Operation Source attack on the German battleship Tirpitz in 1943. Lt. Commander Richard Bolton must lead a group of midget submarines in an attack on a German battleship. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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