The Enemy Below/Sink the Bismarck! (UK-import)
Sink The Bismarck (1960): (Black & White) The story of one of World War II's most furious sea battles is brought to the screen in this exciting, semi documentary style movie. In the spring of 1941, Nazi Germany's greatest battleship the Bismarck, scourge of Atlantic shipping, is pinned down at her anchorage in Norway. Making a break for freedom and the safety of air cover from the Luftwaffe, the great ship is chased by the Royal Navy. Eventually, after heavy casualties including the loss of H.M.S. Hood, the Bismarck is finally trapped. The Enemy Below (1957): Robert Mitchum and Curt Jurgens star in this gripping World War II drama about an American destroyer and a German U-boat stalking each other at sea. As both men try to outthink and outmanoeuvre each other, the chase becomes a deadly game in which any mistake can bring instant defeat and death. Winner of the 1957 Academy Award for Best Special Effects, The Enemy Below marked the directorial debut of actor Dick Powell. Powell let the public decide the ending for The Enemy Below. He filmed the movie with two endings, the let a preview audience vote for the ending they liked best. The ending he used won by unanimous vote.