This is an oddball mixture of decent story, capable acting, but difficult dialogue and awkward direction.
Forget that many people can not grasp the idea that there were good men caught up into the Nazi mess in Germany.
While this is not in the class of "Das Boot". It is still men against the sea and one another. Toss in Lana Turner on a ship full of men, and a crude SS type german intelligence officer.
A bit fanciful here and there, but you eventually begin rooting for the guy who is feeding the lifeboats into the coal burning boilers trying to make "Pom Pom Gali". I don't even know if there is such a place, but damn, heres to the crazy guys out there on the sea.... '
Forget that many people can not grasp the idea that there were good men caught up into the Nazi mess in Germany.
While this is not in the class of "Das Boot". It is still men against the sea and one another. Toss in Lana Turner on a ship full of men, and a crude SS type german intelligence officer.
A bit fanciful here and there, but you eventually begin rooting for the guy who is feeding the lifeboats into the coal burning boilers trying to make "Pom Pom Gali". I don't even know if there is such a place, but damn, heres to the crazy guys out there on the sea.... '