Above Us the Waves
Year:
1955
Production Country:
Great Britain
Reconstruction of the damage done to the German battleship Tirpitz, as it lay in a Norwegian fjord, by a group of British midget submarine commandos.
Cast & credits
Cast
- Commander Frazer John Mills
- Sub-Lieutenant Alec Duffy John Gregson
- Sub-Lieutenant Tom Corbett Donald Sinden
- Admiral Ryder James Robertson Justice
- Smart Michael Medwin
- Abercrombie James Kenney
- captain of the Tirpitz O.E. Hasse
- Cox Lee Patterson
- X-2 diver navigator Lyndon Brook
- Ramsey William Russell
- Hutchins Thomas Heathcote
- patrol boat officer Theodore Bikel
- X-2 engineer Anthony Newley
- McCleery Harry Towb
- Andersen John Horsley
- Chubb Cyril Chamberlain
- X-2 no.1 William Franklyn
- George Anthony Wager
- officer/interpreter Guido Lorraine
- Winley Leslie Weston
- Striker captain Raymond Francis
- [Tiger captain] Basil Appleby
Credits
Direction
- Directed by Ralph Thomas
- Assistant Director David W. Orton
- Continuity Yvonne Axworthy
Production
- © London Independent Producers
- Presents The Rank Organisation
- Distributed by General Film Distributors
- closing logo British and Dominions Film Corporation
- Executive Producer Earl St. John
- Produced by William Macquitty
- Production Manager Denis Holt
- Production Controller Arthur Alcott
- Made at Pinewood Studios
Writing
- Screenplay by Robin Estridge
- Based on the book by C.E.T. Warren
- Based on the book by James Benson
Photography
- Director of Photography Ernest Steward
- Camera Operator H.A.R. Thomson
Special Effects
- Special Effects Bill Warrington
- Special Effects Bert Marshall
- [Special Effects] Charles Staffell
- Optical Special Effects Filippo Guidobaldi
Editing
- Editor Gerald Thomas
Design
- Art Director George Provis
Costumes
- Dress Designer Joan Ellacott
Make-up
- Make-up George Blackler
Music
- Music Composed by Arthur Benjamin
- [Music] Conducted by Muir Mathieson
Sound
- Sound Recordist John W. Mitchell
- Sound Recordist Gordon K. McCallum
- Sound System Western Electric
- Sound Editor Archie Ludski
Consultant
- Naval Adviser Donald Cameron
- Assistance acknowledged in credits The Admiralty