The Deep Six (1958)

Name: The Deep Six
Director: Rudolph Maté
Genre: War, Drama
Released: 1958-01-15
Duration: 1 h 45 min
Cast: Alan Ladd, Dianne Foster, William Bendix, Keenan Wynn

War Drama

Director: Rudolph Maté

Cast: Alan Ladd, Dianne Foster, William Bendix, Keenan Wynn

Runtime105 min

RatingNR

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The conflict between duty and conscience is explored in the WWII drama The Deep Six. Alan Ladd stars as Naval gunnery officer Alec Austin, a Quaker whose sincere pacifist sentiments do not sit well with his crew members. When he refuses to fire upon an unidentified plane, the word spreads that Austin cannot be relied upon in battle (never mind that the plane turns out to be one of ours). To prove that he's worthy of command, Austin volunteers for a dangerous mission: the rescue of a group of US pilots on a Japanese-held island. The ubiquitous William Bendix costars as Frenchy Shapiro (!), Austin's Jewish petty officer and severest critic. If the film has a villain, it is Keenan Wynn as ambitious Lt. Commander Edge, who seems to despise anyone who isn't a mainline WASP.

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Fans of thought-provoking WWII dramas will appreciate the nuanced moral conflict at the heart of The Deep Six, directed by Rudolph Maté in 1958. Alan Ladd delivers a compelling performance as a Quaker naval officer torn between his pacifist beliefs and his duty, exploring the complex interplay between conscience and military service.

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The Deep Six is a 1958 American World War II drama film directed by Rudolph Maté, loosely based on a novel of the same name by Martin Dibner. The film stars Alan Ladd, who co-produced it, William Bendix, Dianne Foster, Keenan Wynn, James Whitmore, Ross Bagdasarian and Efrem Zimbalist Jr. It also marked the film debut of Joey Bishop. It was distributed by Warner Bros.