RustyBattleship

Well, Enemy Down Below was a very good cat and mouse chase film between an American Destroyer and a German U-Boat.

Robert Mitchum played the skipper of the Destroyer and Curt Jurgens the commander of the U-Boat. In the final scene as the U-boat is sinking, the Americans rescue the crew and Mitchum personally throws a line over to Jurgens so he can get off also.

David Heddison played the Destroyer's XO in the movie So several scenes from the movie was used in an episode of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.

Also the overall script of the movie was almost copied scene for scene in an episode of Star Trek (Original Series) where Romulans are first seen (played by Mark Leonard who later played Spock's father).

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I won't duplicate any of the suggestions already made but would add a few, "Stalag 17" is probably still the best prisoner of war movie ever made. I would also suggest "Hellcats of the Navy" which is a terrible movie but which stars Ronald and Nancy Reagan in their only movie together. Another Reagen movie "This is the Army" which also stars George Murphy, later a California senator and has a cameo by Irving Berlin singing "Oh, How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning." I also might recommend "The Young Lions" with Marlon brando and Montgomerey Clift. For a change of pace you might enjoy "Hollywood Canteen", "Stagedoor Canteen", and "Thank Your Lucky Stars" all stateside movies with lots of cameos by famous actors and entertainers of the time period. The Abott and Costello "Buck Privates" is still funny and there is always "1941", Stephen Speilberg's destruction of Los Angeles fantasy, maybe not his best movie but worth it for John Belushi's amazing performance as Wild Bill Kelso.