The Silent Enemy (1958)
1h 52m
Running Time
March 4, 1958Release Date
Plot.
The Mediterranean, 1941/42 - Axis forces are using frogmen and manned torpedoes to attack previously impregnable harbours. The Allied forces need to come up with something to answer this threat, which they find in the form of Lt. Lionel "Buster" Crabb.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Laurence Harvey
Lieutenant Crabb, R.N.V.R.
Dawn Addams
Third Officer Jill Masters, W.R.N.S.
Michael Craig
Leading Seaman Knowles
John Clements
The Admiral
Sid James
Chief Petty Officer Thorpe
William Fairchild
Director
Alec McCowen
Able Seaman Morgan
Nigel Stock
Able Seaman Fraser
Ian Whittaker
Ordinary Seaman Thomas
Arnoldo Foà
Tomolino
Massimo Serato
Forzenelli
Gianna Maria Canale
Conchita
W.E. Fairchild
Director
Giacomo Rossi Stuart
Rosati
Marshall Pugh
Writer
Carlo Giustini
Fellini
Raymond Young
Celloni
David Lodge
Sergeant
Bertram Ostrer
Producer
Ewen Solon
Willowdale Captain
William Alwyn
Composer
Otto Heller
Cinematographer
Brian Oulton
Holford
Alan Osbiston
Editor
Media.
Details.
Release DateMarch 4, 1958
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 52m
Content RatingNR
Filming LocationsGibraltar · Malta
Genres
Wiki.
The Silent Enemy is a black and white 1958 British action film directed by William Fairchild. It stars Laurence Harvey as Lionel "Buster" Crabb and describes his exploits during World War II.
Based on Marshall Pugh's book, Commander Crabb, the film followed the publicity created by Crabb's mysterious disappearance and likely death during a Cold War incident a year earlier. It was the first Universal Pictures film in SuperScope.
The film depicts events in Gibraltar harbour during the World War II Italian frogman and manned torpedo attacks, although the film's depiction of the events is highly fictionalised.
Enlisted men refer to Crabbe as "Crabbie" throughout, alluding to his crabby nature.