Submarine X-1

Submarine X-1
Original film poster
Directed byWilliam Graham
Screenplay byDonald S. Sanford[1]
Guy Elmes
Story byJohn C. Champion
Edmund H. North
Produced byJohn C. Champion
StarringJames Caan
David Sumner
Norman Bowler
Brian Grellis
CinematographyPaul Beeson
Edited byJohn S. Smith
Music byRon Goodwin
Color processDeLuxe Color
Production
company
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release dates
  • 22 March 1968 (1968-03-22) (UK)
  • August 1969 (1969-08) (NYC)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

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.

  1. ^ Harrison, Alexa (15 February 2011). "'Midway' writer Donald S. Sanford dies at 92". Variety. Retrieved 27 March 2024.