MYSTERY SUBMARINE 1950
A rather strange Nazi's in South America mixed in with cold war monkey business film. The film is set several years after the end of World War Two.
Macdonald Carey headlines this Douglas Sirk directed film with help from, Marta Toren, Robert Douglas, Carl Esmond and Ludwig Donath. Ex-German scientist, Ludwig, is vacationing on Cape Cod with his aide, Marta Toren. Toren is approached by a man while out walking the beach. The man calls her by name and says he is a friend of her husband. Marta finds this odd since her husband had been killed on a U-boat during the war.
The man, Carl Esmond, swears her husband is still alive, and wants her to join him. There is however something that Toren must do to help arrange this. Toren and Ludwig are having an outing the next day on a yacht. She is to sabotage the radio at a certain time.
Toren does the deed and soon there is a U-boat surfacing near the yacht. Esmond and several sailors in Nazi uniforms board the yacht. They grab up Toren and the scientist type, Ludwig. They are transferred to the submarine. Then the U-boat puts a torpedo into the yacht, sinking it. There are no survivors.
Miss Toren now discovers that she has been duped. Her husband did die during the war. The whole thing was a plot by the Captain and crew of the renegade U-boat. They intend to sell Ludwig to the Soviets for a tidy sum. The U-boat sets sail for the northern coast of South America. The US Government is not amused that one of their scientists is gone. They investigate the ship's wreckage for clues. They soon put two and two together and get "torpedo". They even figure out that it was a German torpedo.
Macdonald Carey, an ex-sub officer, a doctor, and a German speaker, is drafted in to help in the search for the missing Ludwig. Ludwig has a weak ticker and the U.S. would hate to have him die. The Americans, by the process of elimination, decide to hunt down South American way.
Carey spends time in a small boat going up and down the various rivers and coves dotting the coast. Needless to say, he finds said sub hiding up one of the rivers. The Nazi guards soon have a grip on the man and hustle him to the Captain, Robert Douglas. It is a good thing Carey was given a cover as a former German Naval officer. And it so happens that the German do need some medical help. Ludwig is not coping well with confinement.
Carey is soon at work on Ludwig and the man improves. He is let in on the plan to sell Ludwig and is offered a cut. Needless to say he accepts. Now he just needs to get a message to the US Navy. Needing more medicine the Nazi bunch pull a late night raid on a small hospital just up the coast.
Carey tries to leave a message but it is discovered by Esmond. The Germans think about killing Carey, but concern over Ludwig's health stops them. A dead scientist brings no cash. Locked up with Toren, he gets the whole story from the woman. She will do anything to redeem herself.
The US Government types hear about the theft of the drugs. They are of course just the ones needed for Ludwig's heart problems. They send off a Navy anti-sub group, to have a look. They also have the area patrolled by aircraft.
It is now time for the U-boat to head for the meeting with the Red ship. The submarine is spotted and all US forces converge on it. The destroyers drop a few depth charges hoping to scare the German's to the surface. They do not want to kill Ludwig or Carey. The U-boat dives deep and it looks like they will get away, but, Toren manages to set off the emergency flares. These alert the Navy to the U-boat's new heading.
A fresh round of depth charges damages the sub. The Germans pull the old gag of firing life savers, and other assorted items out a torpedo tube. This, and by the release of some fuel oil, they hope to fool the Americans. It seems to work as the attack stops. The German's renew their trip to the rendezvous with the Soviets.
At the meeting, all seems okay as the exchange is made. However, the German's have been hoodwinked. The US Navy is all over the ship. It seems that on one of the life preservers, Carey had written the rendezvous coordinates. The Navy had raced ahead and grabbed the Red ship, then, they just waited. With Ludwig, Toren and Carey safely on the ship, several Navy bombers put paid to the U-boat's account.
This is not one of director, Douglas Sirk's better films. Sirk, was another of the German film-makers who had fled Nazi Germany. He started off in Hollywood with several decent film-noir, "Lured", "Shockproof", "Sleep my Love". He would later score big in the later 1950's with films like, "Written on the Wind", "All that Heaven Allows", "Magnificent Obsession" and "Imitation of Life".
This one however just does not work, with poor writing and the actor's looking, "all out to sea".
Swedish actress Mara Toren managed to pump out ten films during her five years in Hollywood. She would die at age 30 of a cerebral hemorrhage.
A rather strange Nazi's in South America mixed in with cold war monkey business film. The film is set several years after the end of World War Two.
Macdonald Carey headlines this Douglas Sirk directed film with help from, Marta Toren, Robert Douglas, Carl Esmond and Ludwig Donath. Ex-German scientist, Ludwig, is vacationing on Cape Cod with his aide, Marta Toren. Toren is approached by a man while out walking the beach. The man calls her by name and says he is a friend of her husband. Marta finds this odd since her husband had been killed on a U-boat during the war.
The man, Carl Esmond, swears her husband is still alive, and wants her to join him. There is however something that Toren must do to help arrange this. Toren and Ludwig are having an outing the next day on a yacht. She is to sabotage the radio at a certain time.
Toren does the deed and soon there is a U-boat surfacing near the yacht. Esmond and several sailors in Nazi uniforms board the yacht. They grab up Toren and the scientist type, Ludwig. They are transferred to the submarine. Then the U-boat puts a torpedo into the yacht, sinking it. There are no survivors.
Miss Toren now discovers that she has been duped. Her husband did die during the war. The whole thing was a plot by the Captain and crew of the renegade U-boat. They intend to sell Ludwig to the Soviets for a tidy sum. The U-boat sets sail for the northern coast of South America. The US Government is not amused that one of their scientists is gone. They investigate the ship's wreckage for clues. They soon put two and two together and get "torpedo". They even figure out that it was a German torpedo.
Macdonald Carey, an ex-sub officer, a doctor, and a German speaker, is drafted in to help in the search for the missing Ludwig. Ludwig has a weak ticker and the U.S. would hate to have him die. The Americans, by the process of elimination, decide to hunt down South American way.
Carey spends time in a small boat going up and down the various rivers and coves dotting the coast. Needless to say, he finds said sub hiding up one of the rivers. The Nazi guards soon have a grip on the man and hustle him to the Captain, Robert Douglas. It is a good thing Carey was given a cover as a former German Naval officer. And it so happens that the German do need some medical help. Ludwig is not coping well with confinement.
Carey is soon at work on Ludwig and the man improves. He is let in on the plan to sell Ludwig and is offered a cut. Needless to say he accepts. Now he just needs to get a message to the US Navy. Needing more medicine the Nazi bunch pull a late night raid on a small hospital just up the coast.
Carey tries to leave a message but it is discovered by Esmond. The Germans think about killing Carey, but concern over Ludwig's health stops them. A dead scientist brings no cash. Locked up with Toren, he gets the whole story from the woman. She will do anything to redeem herself.
The US Government types hear about the theft of the drugs. They are of course just the ones needed for Ludwig's heart problems. They send off a Navy anti-sub group, to have a look. They also have the area patrolled by aircraft.
It is now time for the U-boat to head for the meeting with the Red ship. The submarine is spotted and all US forces converge on it. The destroyers drop a few depth charges hoping to scare the German's to the surface. They do not want to kill Ludwig or Carey. The U-boat dives deep and it looks like they will get away, but, Toren manages to set off the emergency flares. These alert the Navy to the U-boat's new heading.
A fresh round of depth charges damages the sub. The Germans pull the old gag of firing life savers, and other assorted items out a torpedo tube. This, and by the release of some fuel oil, they hope to fool the Americans. It seems to work as the attack stops. The German's renew their trip to the rendezvous with the Soviets.
At the meeting, all seems okay as the exchange is made. However, the German's have been hoodwinked. The US Navy is all over the ship. It seems that on one of the life preservers, Carey had written the rendezvous coordinates. The Navy had raced ahead and grabbed the Red ship, then, they just waited. With Ludwig, Toren and Carey safely on the ship, several Navy bombers put paid to the U-boat's account.
This is not one of director, Douglas Sirk's better films. Sirk, was another of the German film-makers who had fled Nazi Germany. He started off in Hollywood with several decent film-noir, "Lured", "Shockproof", "Sleep my Love". He would later score big in the later 1950's with films like, "Written on the Wind", "All that Heaven Allows", "Magnificent Obsession" and "Imitation of Life".
This one however just does not work, with poor writing and the actor's looking, "all out to sea".
Swedish actress Mara Toren managed to pump out ten films during her five years in Hollywood. She would die at age 30 of a cerebral hemorrhage.