Nicest war movie ever. No one dies and the enemies become friends at the end. Come on.

I am surprised Robert Mitchum and Curd Jurgens didn't just get it on and lock lips at the end of this paeon to professionalism among WWII naval combatants. Kind of a fun cat and mouse for awhile, but eventually it bugged me how they went to such great lengths to distance this German U-Boat crew from those mean old Nazis who were killing people in Europe. When the Captain sees a guy reading Mein Kampf and he shakes his head in a way that reads, "What an ass!" you know they're trying too hard.

My score is really mean. This is fantastically photographed, edited, etc. As soon as I thought it was doing something wrong, it turns out it was only a setup for major win. Meta-tactical.