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Submarine X-1. Cmdr. Richard Bolton (James Caan) was in charge of a submarine that was sunk by a German ship, and he has been blamed for the loss of 50 sailors.
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- Dennis Schwartz
- G
- William Graham
SUBMARINE X-1 is a very old fashioned WW2 thriller that was somewhat surprisingly made in 1968. Remember this was the era of free love and all-star cast adventures in the DIRTY DOZEN and WHERE EAGLES DARE mould, films that haven't really dated when watched even today.
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Submarine X-1: Directed by William A. Graham. With James Caan, David Sumner, Norman Bowler, Brian Grellis. During World War II, the British Royal Navy used experimental midget submarines to raid German warships in Norway.
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- Action, Drama, War
- William A. Graham
- 1968-03-22
During World War II, the British Royal Navy used experimental midget submarines to raid German warships in Norway.
Submarine X-1 is a 1968 British war film loosely based on the Operation Source attack on the German battleship Tirpitz in 1943. In the film, James Caan stars as Lt. Commander Richard Bolton, a Canadian, who must lead a group of midget submarines in an attack on a German battleship.
Popular reviews. Mirisch, the makers of 633 Squadron, aim for another popular WWII action adventure with Submarine X-1, a tale loosely based on the 1943 attack on the midget submarine attack on German battleship Tirpitz, which was previously made into the 1955 film Above Us The Waves.
May 5, 2012 · Submarine X-1 opens with a pre-credits sequence in which a few Allied submariners, obviously survivors of an unseen undersea attack, wash up on shore. It is apparent from their demeanor that one of the survivors, who turns out to be Cmdr. Richard Bolton (James Caan) of the Royal Navy, is blamed by the others for the disaster.
