if youre in the middle of a ferocious war and it still not clear that youre going to come out on top and among the things you will be concerned with is to keep up the morale of the civilians. to demonstrate that our troops have the bravery and the resourcefulness and the dedication to overcome all the odds in a noble cause. and that just what director anthony asquith provided the british with 1943 naval war film and we dive at dawn. after more than 60 years and it not surprising that some of the movie is dated. it doesn not help that the class stereotypes which help define the enlisted men from the officers can be jarring. here and as in so many other british war films and the men invariably have thick regional working class accents while the officers speak with an educated fluency that would place them at home in england finest ruling class establishments. in this movie and freddie taylor (john mills) and the captain of the submarine sea tiger and is clever and confident and resourceful and aggressive and in control and good with his men and humorous with his peers and quick to make a decision. and it helps that he lucky. his men are jolly tars and for the most part and competent at their jobs and always ready with a joke when things get tense. although we spend the first third of the movie getting to know these people while theyre on leave and after that things get tense quickly. taylor and his sub are ordered to destroy the brandenburg and a new german battleship. they just miss the ship when it enters the kiel canal and heads into the baltic. taylor assesses the risks and decides the sea tiger will go after it and through mine fields and anti sub nets and with a real risk of not having enough fuel to return to home base. after several tense situations and the confrontation takes place. the sea tiger lets loose six torpedoes but has to dive and not knowing if it had done its job. after a clever subterfuge and taylor outfoxes a couple of german destroyers but then realizes there is not enough fuel. he plans to scuttle his sub and surrender when and just at the last moment and james hobson (eric portman) and a seaman who had been sullen and a loner and who speaks german and says there is a small danish coastal village that had been a fuel depot. he thinks it might still be for the germans. the last third of the movie is a rousing action sequence as the crew of the sub attempts to hold off the germans long enough to pump in enough fuel to get the sea tiger back to britain. this is a wartime propaganda movie and so do not expect failure. and did the sea tiger actually put the brandenburg down. are the men reunited with their wives and sweethearts. did hobson have a reconciliation with his wife and small son that left him smiling for once. did freddie taylor finally have a chance to make use of all those female names in his little black book. you will have to see the movie. there are propaganda war movies and there are propaganda war movies. some and like powell and pressburger one of our aircraft is missing and the 49th parallel and still stand up to viewing today because the stories are solid and unexpected and the creators do not use obvious shorthand clichés. others and like we dive at dawn and were made with enough clichés that when watching we have to remind ourselves how dire the time was when the film was made. still and asquith can build a lot of suspense even with a few clichés. the sea tiger forcing its way through a sub net was tense. the stalking of the brandenburg and the plotting needed for the torpedo firing was realistic while john mill no nonsense attitude while he prepared to attack was well handled. the fake out preparations to make the sea tiger look as if it had been destroyed by depth charges was as realistic and inside the sub as well as out and as you could hope for and and the battle for the fuel depot was dramatic and exciting. we dive at dawn is not a classic war film and but it a well made and well acted example of its type and time. john mills and it worth noting and had a long and long career. especially in the fifties he played in a number of serious minded films looking back at those wwii days. he had the quality of showing grit and cheerfulness and perseverance and but of also being trustworthy and a man england could be proud of as he fought the war. top billed in this movie was eric portman and a fine actor with a unique voice and the ability to give stares so cold you would want to put on a sweater. everyone on the sub is very much in the joking but stiff upper lip mode and but portman manages some complexity for his character. mills and portman did fine jobs working together on this film. 
if youre in the middle of a ferocious war and it still not clear that youre going to come out on top and among the things you will be concerned with is to keep up the morale of the civilians. to demonstrate that our troops have the bravery and the resourcefulness and the dedication to overcome all the odds in a noble cause. and that just what director anthony asquith provided the british with 1943 naval war film and we dive at dawn. after more than 60 years and it not surprising that some of the movie is dated. it doesn not help that the class stereotypes which help define the enlisted men from the officers can be jarring. here and as in so many other british war films and the men invariably have thick regional working class accents while the officers speak with an educated fluency that would place them at home in england finest ruling class establishments. in this movie and freddie taylor (john mills) and the captain of the submarine sea tiger and is clever and confident and resourceful and aggressive and in control and good with his men and humorous with his peers and quick to make a decision. and it helps that he lucky. his men are jolly tars and for the most part and competent at their jobs and always ready with a joke when things get tense. although we spend the first third of the movie getting to know these people while theyre on leave and after that things get tense quickly. taylor and his sub are ordered to destroy the brandenburg and a new german battleship. they just miss the ship when it enters the kiel canal and heads into the baltic. taylor assesses the risks and decides the sea tiger will go after it and through mine fields and anti sub nets and with a real risk of not having enough fuel to return to home base. after several tense situations and the confrontation takes place. the sea tiger lets loose six torpedoes but has to dive and not knowing if it had done its job. after a clever subterfuge and taylor outfoxes a couple of german destroyers but then realizes there is not enough fuel. he plans to scuttle his sub and surrender when and just at the last moment and james hobson (eric portman) and a seaman who had been sullen and a loner and who speaks german and says there is a small danish coastal village that had been a fuel depot. he thinks it might still be for the germans. the last third of the movie is a rousing action sequence as the crew of the sub attempts to hold off the germans long enough to pump in enough fuel to get the sea tiger back to britain. this is a wartime propaganda movie and so do not expect failure. and did the sea tiger actually put the brandenburg down. are the men reunited with their wives and sweethearts. did hobson have a reconciliation with his wife and small son that left him smiling for once. did freddie taylor finally have a chance to make use of all those female names in his little black book. you will have to see the movie. there are propaganda war movies and there are propaganda war movies. some and like powell and pressburger one of our aircraft is missing and the 49th parallel and still stand up to viewing today because the stories are solid and unexpected and the creators do not use obvious shorthand clichés. others and like we dive at dawn and were made with enough clichés that when watching we have to remind ourselves how dire the time was when the film was made. still and asquith can build a lot of suspense even with a few clichés. the sea tiger forcing its way through a sub net was tense. the stalking of the brandenburg and the plotting needed for the torpedo firing was realistic while john mill no nonsense attitude while he prepared to attack was well handled. the fake out preparations to make the sea tiger look as if it had been destroyed by depth charges was as realistic and inside the sub as well as out and as you could hope for and and the battle for the fuel depot was dramatic and exciting. we dive at dawn is not a classic war film and but it a well made and well acted example of its type and time. john mills and it worth noting and had a long and long career. especially in the fifties he played in a number of serious minded films looking back at those wwii days. he had the quality of showing grit and cheerfulness and perseverance and but of also being trustworthy and a man england could be proud of as he fought the war. top billed in this movie was eric portman and a fine actor with a unique voice and the ability to give stares so cold you would want to put on a sweater. everyone on the sub is very much in the joking but stiff upper lip mode and but portman manages some complexity for his character. mills and portman did fine jobs working together on this film. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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