Plot
The conflict between duty and conscience is explored in the WWII drama The Deep Six. Alan Ladd stars as Naval gunnery officer Alec Austin, a Quaker whose sincere pacifist sentiments do not sit well with his crew members. When he refuses to fire upon an unidentified plane, the word spreads that Austin cannot be relied upon in battle (never mind that the plane turns out to be one of ours). To prove that he's worthy of command, Austin volunteers for a dangerous mission: the rescue of a group of US pilots on a Japanese-held island. The ubiquitous William Bendix costars as Frenchy Shapiro (!), Austin's Jewish petty officer and severest critic. If the film has a villain, it is Keenan Wynn as ambitious Lt. Commander Edge, who seems to despise anyone who isn't a mainline WASP.
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Cast
Alan Ladd
Alexander 'Alec' Austen
Dianne Foster
Susan Cahill
William Bendix
'Frenchy' Shapiro
Keenan Wynn
Lt. Cmdr. Mike Edge
James Whitmore
Cmdr. Warren Meredith
Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
Lt. Blanchard
Joey Bishop
Ski Krokowski
Barbara Eiler
Claire Innes
Ross Bagdasarian
Pvt. Aaron Slobodjian
Jeanette Nolan
Mrs. Austen
Walter Reed
Paul Clemson
Peter Hansen
Lieutenant Dooley
Richard Crane
Lieutenant j.g. Swanson
Steven Marlo
Collins (as Morris Miller)
Perry Lopez
Al Mendoza
Warren Douglas
Pilot
Nestor Paiva
Pappa Tatos
Barbara Stuart
Ski's Girl
Jerry Mathers
Steve Innes
Steve Mitchell
Blackie
