The Enemy Below

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The Enemy Below
Movie Poster
Directed by	Dick Powell
Screenplay by	Wendell Mayes
Based on	The Enemy Below by Denys Rayner
Produced by	Dick Powell
Starring	Robert Mitchum Curd Jürgens
Cinematography	Harold Rosson
Edited by	Stuart Gilmore
Music by	Leigh Harline
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	December 25, 1957 (1957-12-25) (New York City)
Running time	98 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$1,910,000[1]

The Enemy Below is a 1957 American DeLuxe Color war film in CinemaScope about a battle between an American destroyer escort and a German U-boat during World War II. It stars Robert Mitchum and Curd Jürgens as the American and German commanding officers, respectively. Produced and directed by Dick Powell, the film was based on the 1956 novel of the same name by Denys Rayner, a British naval officer involved in antisubmarine warfare throughout the Battle of the Atlantic.