Above Us the Waves

Their Orders...Sink the Tirpitz!

In World War II, the greatest threat to the British navy is the German battleship Tirpitz. While anchored in a Norwegian fjord, it is impossible to attack by conventional means, so a plan is hatched for a special commando unit to attack it, using midget submarines to plant underwater explosives.

War

John Mills

(Commandant Fraser)

John Gregson

(Lieutenant Alec Duffy)

Donald Sinden

(Lieutenant Tom Corbett)

James Robertson Justice

(Admiral Ryder)

Michael Medwin

(Smart)

Theodore Bikel

(German Officer)

James Kenney

(Abercrombie)

William Russell

(Ramsey)

O.E. Hasse

(Captain of the Tirpitz)

Lee Patterson

(Cox)

Harry Towb

(McCleery)

Cyril Chamberlain

(CPO Chubb)

Tony Wager

(George)

Leslie Weston

(Winley)

Lyndon Brook

(Diver Navigator, X2)

Thomas Heathcote

(Hutchins)

Anthony Newley

(Engineer, X2)

John Horsley

(Lt. Anderson)

William Franklyn

(No. 1, X2)

Guido Lorraine

(Officer Interpreter)

Raymond Francis

(Officer on Towing Sub. (1))

Basil Appleby

(Officer on Towing Sub. (2))

Walter Gotell

(German Officer on Tirpitz)

Victor Harrington

(RAF Officer (uncredited))

Arthur Howell

(German Navy Officer (uncredited))

Barry Keegan

(Sailor on Towing Sub (uncredited))

Frank Lawton

(Naval Officer in Briefing Room (uncredited))