U-Boat Prisoner (1944)

HITS HIGH-WATER MARK of ACTION!

Genre : War, Action

Runtime : 1H 6M

Director : Lew Landers
Writer : Aubrey Wisberg

Synopsis

Bruce Bennett plays merchant seaman Archie Gibbs, who manages to survive when his ship is torpedoed by a German submarine. Disguising himself in the uniform of a dead Nazi spy, Gibbs is picked up by the Nazi U-boat. He manages to convince the German sailors that he's the spy, and in this guise he tries to rescue a group of captured Allied scientists.

Actors

Bruce Bennett
Bruce Bennett
Archie Gibbs
Erik Rolf
Erik Rolf
Kapitaen Ganz, The U-Boat Captain
John Abbott
John Abbott
Alfonse Lamont
John Wengraf
John Wengraf
Gunther Rudehoff, Gestapo Agent
Robert B. Williams
Robert B. Williams
Destroyer Commander Tom Bristol
Trevor Bardette
Trevor Bardette
Convoy Ship Commander (uncredited)
Anthony Caruso
Anthony Caruso
Benny, Seaman's Union Hall Man (uncredited)
Eric Feldary
Eric Feldary
Hans Braustig, Injured Sailor (uncredited)
Ray Teal
Ray Teal
C.P.O. Shaw (uncredited)

Crews

Lew Landers
Lew Landers
Director
Archie Gibbs
Archie Gibbs
Story
Aubrey Wisberg
Aubrey Wisberg
Screenplay
Malcolm Stuart Boylan
Malcolm Stuart Boylan
Additional Dialogue
Budd Boetticher
Budd Boetticher
Co-Director

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