Paul Wendkos (1925–2009)

Inspector Erskine leads the search for an ex-Nazi war criminal who has become a Communist spy. (fonte: Imdb)

2023 movie #102. 1959. Sub is sent to discover the location of the Japanese fleet before the Battle. They get captured when the sub is damaged by a mine, but escape. Kind of mediocre war movie although the escape scene was pretty good. The Battle took the last 3 minutes.

L’equipaggio di un sommergibile americano si arrende ai nipponici per evitare una strage. Gli uomini, evasi dal campo di concentramento, raggiungono le loro linee: i dati strategici raccolti serviranno a battere i giapponesi nel Mar dei Coralli fermando così la loro avanzata verso l’Australia. (fonte: retro del dvd)

An American commander, serving under the British Royal Navy in 1942, is assigned to blockade the island of Malta and told to formulate a plan to destroy the German arsenal in Sicily. (fonte: Imdb)