I Watch Films: The Silent Enemy (1958)
The Silent Enemy Gibraltar 1941, and two British warships are damaged by Italian frogmen. The British call in Lionel Crabb (Lawrence Harvey) to lead the underwater demolition party, tasked with stopping mines and torpedoes. Failing to see the Admiral he immediately gets in the water, leading to him meeting the Admiral soaking wet. (In an amusing scene when he gets out the water the Admiral orders Third Officer Jill Masters, WRNS, to turn her back; the seaman assures them it’s okay as he’s got his underwear on.) They’re soon joined by Chief Petty Officer Thorpe (Sid James), a diving expert but more importantly a seaman with long experience of the Navy, who finds ways around various problems. A captured Italian diver claims he came from a submarine, but everyone knows that they are operating out of Algericas in Spain, where a famous Italian underwater expert has taken up residence. After they thwart an attack, Crabb captures one of the manned torpedoes and repairs it. Using T...
