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With Laurence Harvey, Dawn Addams, Michael Craig, John Clements. During WW2, Italian Navy divers use underwater chariots to mine the keels of British warships, forcing the British to send underwater demolition expert Lionel Crabbe and his team to counter these enemy actions.
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- Action, Biography, History
- William Fairchild
- 1958-03-04
This film focuses on UDTs (Underwater Demolition Teams), and features the development of a crack British underwater team that will try to stop the Axis-backed frogmen as well as defusing mines planted on British ships. This is not the…
- William Fairchild
- Romulus Films, Remus
The ship's underwater door is used for the manned torpedoes and by frogmen, which leaves them undiscovered by Spanish authorities. Crabb reports the discovery of the Olterra to his superiors, but under the laws of neutrality, he cannot arrange an attack without top-level authority. Meanwhile, the Italians plan a major attack on a British convoy.
Dawn Addams. Addams with Alan Young in the television show The Alan Young Show, 1953. Victoria Dawn Addams (21 September 1930 – 7 May 1985) was a British actress, particularly in Hollywood motion pictures of the 1950s and on British television in the 1960s and 1970s. She became a princess in 1954 (until 1971).
YearTitleRole1951Dotty Phelps1951Ellie Fansworth1952Teresa, Lady-in-Waiting1952Jane FrenshamSummary: In the Mediterranean in 1941 the Italians start using underwater chariots to mine the undersides of allied ships. Explosives expert Lionel Crabbe arrives in Gibraltar to organise defenses, ... Directed by: William Fairchild. Actors: Laurence Harvey, Dawn Addams, Michael Craig.
- 107 min
Silent Enemy, The - 1958. WWII action drama set in the Mediterranean during 1941 after two British battleships were sunk in Alexandria harbour by explosives placed under their hull. The torpedoes were carried on underwater 'chariots' operated by Italian frogmen. Gibraltar was their next target.
But then, Suffolk-born Dawn Addams lived an unusual life; a fairy tale that saw her become not just a glamorous Hollywood movie actress but a celebrity princess. Dawn was born Victoria Dawn Addams, in Felixstowe, on September 21 1930, the daughter of RAF Captain James Ramage Addams and Ethel née Hickie. Ethel died when Dawn was young and she ...
