Above Us the Waves

Their Orders...Sink the Tirpitz!

99 mins
In World War II, the greatest threat to the British navy is the German battleship Tirpitz. While anchored in a Norwegian fjord, it is impossible to attack by conventional means, so a plan is hatched for a special commando unit to attack it, using midget submarines to plant underwater explosives.

John Mills

Commandant Fraser

John Gregson

Lieutenant Alec Duffy

Donald Sinden

Lieutenant Tom Corbett

Theodore Bikel

German Officer

James Kenney

Abercrombie

O.E. Hasse

Captain of the Tirpitz

Harry Towb

McCleery

Lyndon Brook

Diver Navigator, X2

Anthony Newley

Engineer, X2

John Horsley

Lt. Anderson

Guido Lorraine

Officer Interpreter

Raymond Francis

Officer on Towing Sub. (1)

Basil Appleby

Officer on Towing Sub. (2)

Walter Gotell

German Officer on Tirpitz

Victor Harrington

RAF Officer (uncredited)

Arthur Howell

German Navy Officer (uncredited)

Barry Keegan

Sailor on Towing Sub (uncredited)

Frank Lawton

Naval Officer in Briefing Room (uncredited)

George Provis

Art Direction

Ernest Steward

Director of Photography

Earl St. John

Executive Producer

Robin Estridge

Screenplay

Ralph Thomas

Director

Arthur Benjamin

Original Music Composer

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