Set during the Battle of the Atlantic during World War II, this film tells the story of the cat and mouse hunt between the USS Haynes, a destroyer escort, and a German U-Boat. On the American side, a former Merchant Mariner, now captain, saw his wife killed when his freighter was torpedoed by the Germans. On the German side, a veteran U-Boat commander who sees no honor in the German aims of the war. Both of these highly experienced men must now battle each other, knowing that only one will survive.
Disc characteristics: DVD Region 4.
Closed-captioned.
General Note
Special features include: scene selection ; theatrical trailer ; trailers for other films ; Movie Tone News footage.
"Twentieth Century-Fox presents a CinemaScope picture" --on screen.
Based on the novel by D.A. Rayner.