Mystery Submarine (1963 film)
Encyclopedia
Mystery Submarine is a 1963 British
war film
directed by C.M. Pennington-Richards
and starring Edward Judd
, James Robertson Justice
and Laurence Payne
. A captured German submarine
is used by the Royal Navy
to trick a German force aiming to intercept a supply convoy.
Cinema of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...
war film
War film
War films are a film genre concerned with warfare, usually about naval, air or land battles, sometimes focusing instead on prisoners of war, covert operations, military training or other related subjects. At times war films focus on daily military or civilian life in wartime without depicting battles...
directed by C.M. Pennington-Richards
C.M. Pennington-Richards
Cyril Montague Pennington Richards was a British film director and cinematographer.-Selected filmography:Director* The Oracle * Double Bunk * Dentist on the Job * Ladies Who Do...
and starring Edward Judd
Edward Judd
Edward Judd was a British actor.Born in Shanghai, China, he and his English father and Russian mother fled when the Japanese attacked China five years later....
, James Robertson Justice
James Robertson Justice
James Robertson Justice was a popular British character actor in British films of the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s.-Biography:...
and Laurence Payne
Laurence Payne
Laurence Payne was an English actor and novelist.-Early life:Laurence Stanley Payne was born in London. His father died when he was three years old, and he and his elder brother and sister were brought up in by their mother, a Wesleyan Methodist in Wood Green, London...
. A captured German submarine
Submarine
A submarine is a watercraft capable of independent operation below the surface of the water. It differs from a submersible, which has more limited underwater capability...
is used by the Royal Navy
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
to trick a German force aiming to intercept a supply convoy.
Cast
- Edward JuddEdward JuddEdward Judd was a British actor.Born in Shanghai, China, he and his English father and Russian mother fled when the Japanese attacked China five years later....
- Leuitenant Commander Tarlton - James Robertson JusticeJames Robertson JusticeJames Robertson Justice was a popular British character actor in British films of the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s.-Biography:...
- Rear Admiral Rainbird - Laurence PayneLaurence PayneLaurence Payne was an English actor and novelist.-Early life:Laurence Stanley Payne was born in London. His father died when he was three years old, and he and his elder brother and sister were brought up in by their mother, a Wesleyan Methodist in Wood Green, London...
- Leuitenant Seaton - Joachim FuchsbergerJoachim FuchsbergerJoachim Fuchsberger is a German actor, television host, lyricist, businessman, activist, paratrooper and World War II veteran best known to a wide German-speaking audience as one of the recurring actors in various Edgar Wallace movies Joachim Fuchsberger (born 11 March 1927 in Zuffenhausen, today...
- Scheffler - Arthur O'SullivanArthur O'SullivanArthur O'Sullivan , also known as Archie O'Sullivan, was an Irish actor who appeared on stage, screen and radio.- Radio career:...
- Mike Fitzgerald - Albert LievenAlbert LievenAlbert Lieven was a German actor. He was born Albert Fritz Liévin in Hohenstein, East Prussia. He died in London, England. He was married four times, including to the actresses Susan Shaw and Valerie White....
- Captain Neymarck - Robert FlemyngRobert FlemyngRobert Flemyng OBE, MC was a British film and stage actor.Flemyng was born in Liverpool, the son of a doctor, and was educated at Haileybury. He began his career as a medical student before abandoning medicine to become an actor. Flemyng made his stage debut in the early 1930s, and worked steadily...
- Vice Admiral Sir James Carver - Richard Carpenter - Leuitenant Haskins
- Richard ThorpRichard ThorpRichard Thorp is an English actor, who appeared in such great British films as The Dambusters and the 1957 film The Barrets of Wimpole Street.. He is best known for playing the part of Alan Turner on ITV soap Emmerdale since 1982. Previous TV roles included Dr...
- Leuitenant Chatterton - Jeremy HawkJeremy HawkJeremy Hawk was a character actor with a long career in music halls and on London's West End stage...
- Admiral Saintsbury - Robert Brown - Coxswain Drage
- Frederick JaegerFrederick JaegerFrederick Jaeger was a German-born actor who found success working in British television.Jaeger was born in Berlin, but moved to England following Adolf Hitler's rise to power in Germany. He graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 1948, and became a British citizen two years later...
- Leuitenant Hence - George MikellGeorge MikellGeorge Mikell is an actor and writer most well known for his performances in The Guns of Navarone and The Great Escape...
- Leuitnenat Remer - Peter Myers - Telegraphist Packshaw
- Leslie Randall - Leading Seaman Donnithorne
- Ewen SolonEwen SolonEwen Solon was a New Zealand-born actor, who worked extensively in both the United Kingdom and Australia....
- Lieutenant Commander Kirklees