The Enemy Below

The Enemy Below1957

Stars: Robert Mitchum, Curd Jürgens, David Hedison, Theodore Bikel
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Rating: APPROVED
Runtime: 98 minutes

The Enemy Below is a 1957 DeLuxe Color war film in CinemaScope, which tells the story of the battle between an American destroyer escort and a German U-boat during World War II. The movie stars Robert Mitchum and Curt Jürgens as the American and Ge… more »



Doctor:
Well, in time we'll all get back to our own stuff again. The war will get swallowed up, and seem like it never happened.

Captain Murrell:
Yes, but it won't be the same as it was. We won't have that feeling of permanency that we had before. We've learned a hard truth.

Doctor:
How do you mean?

Captain Murrell:
That there's no end to misery and destruction. You cut the head off a snake, and it grows another one. You cut that one off, and you find another. You can't kill it, because it's something within ourselves. You can call it the enemy if you want to, but it's part of us; we're all men.

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