The Deep Six

The Deep Six
Directed by	Rudolph Maté
Produced by	Martin Rackin Alan Ladd
Written by	Martin Dibner (novel) Harry Brown (writer) Martin Rackin (writer) John Twist writer
Starring	Alan Ladd Dianne Foster William Bendix
Music by	David Buttolph
Cinematography	John F. Seitz
Editing by	Roland Gross
Studio	Jaguar Productions
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date(s)	January 15, 1958 (1958-01-15)
Running time	105 min
Country	United States
Language	English

The Deep Six is a 1958 Warnercolor World War II drama film directed by Rudolph Maté, was based on a novel with the same name by Martin Dibner. Naval gunnery officer Alec Austin (Alan Ladd), a Quaker, refuses to fire upon an unidentified plane, but volunteers for a dangerous mission to rescue of a group of US pilots on a Japanese-held island.

Cast

• Alan Ladd as Alexander 'Alec' Austen
• Dianne Foster as Susan Cahill
• William Bendix as 'Frenchy' Shapiro
• Keenan Wynn as Lt. Comm. Mike Edge
• James Whitmore as Commander Warren Meredith
• Efrem Zimbalist Jr. as Lt. Blanchard
• Joey Bishop as Ski Krokowski
• Barbara Eiler as Claire Innes
• Ross Bagdasarian as Pvt. Aaron Slobodjian
• Jeanette Nolan as Mrs. Austen
• Walter Reed as Paul Clemson
• Peter Hansen as Lieutenant Dooley
• Richard Crane as Lieutenant j.g. Swanson
• Steven Marlo as Collins (as Morris Miller)
• Perry Lopez as Al Mendoza

External links

• The Deep Six at the Internet Movie Database
• The Deep Six at AllRovi
• The Deep Six at the TCM Movie Database