Talk:The Enemy Below

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CLINT EASTWOOD'S APPEARANCE AS AN "EXTRA" Having watched this excellent film at least fifty times in the last 40 years, I keep telling myself that I'm nuts, but I believe that I'm seeing an un-credited Clint Eastwood amongst the crewman of the destroyer. He has one line, wherein he reports readiness in a sector of the ship, (in a very distinctive Eastwood voice,) then I think I'm seeing him on deck with Mitchum and Hedison (in the background, with a helmet on and a microphone in his hand,)as they give commands to the depth charge team. Looking in Eastwood's filmography, I see no mention of his participation in this film, probably because he did not have a starring role, or even billing. Anyone else think I'm crazy? Please comment...... CMSGT (ret) F. Oros USAF —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.141.92.9 (talk) 19:16, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

Anybody want to compare it to other films dealing with convoy/ASW ops, like "The Cruel Sea"? Think it merits mention? Trekphiler 10:28, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] THE SHIP USED IN THE MOVIE

The ship used in the movie - as evidenced by the name and number painted on the side, and the sillouette and information found in Jane's Fighting Ships of World War II - was DE-181 USS Straub.

She was of the Bostwick Class, which was a sub-class of the Buckley Class. The primary difference between the two classes was the fact that the Buckleys were Turbo-Electric, while the Bostwicks were Diesel-Electric. This resulted in the fact that different fuel requirements existed, resulting in ships of different displacement and speed. The Bostwicks were six knots slower than the Buckleys, and yet were 200 Tons lighter in displacement.

Both classes were essentially identical, which is why the sub commander mis-identified her in the movie. The combined class was built during WW-II, and included 109 ships built. There were 52 Buckleys, and 57 Bostwicks. The Straub was one of 30 Bostwick ships built in 1943 by the Federal Ship Building & Dry Dock Company of Port Newark, New Jersey. She was launched on September 18, 1943, and was sold either to France or Brazil after the war. Her service speed was 19 Knots, while her Flank Speed was 20 Knots. SSG Cornelius Seon (Retired) 18:39, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Differences between novel and film

Excellent summary.--Buckboard 06:10, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Führer Befiehl, Wir Folgen - may not be an error after all

As a native speaker, I would like to comment that "Führer befiel, wir folgen" does not sound odd or wrong in a grammatical sense. In fact, googling the slogan reveals some original footage like this one: http://www.nazis.de/hitlerjugend_befiehl.jpg

84.56.158.111 13:13, 3 October 2007 (UTC)