Torpedo Bay (film)

1963 Italian film From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Torpedo Bay is a 1963 war film directed by Charles Frend and Bruno Vailati and starring James Mason.[1] The story is based on events that took place at Betasom, a submarine base established at Bordeaux by the Italian Navy during World War II.[2]

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Torpedo Bay
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Directed byCharles Frend
Bruno Vailati
Written byAdriano Belli
Pino Belli
Produced byBruno Vailati
StarringJames Mason
Lilli Palmer
Gabriele Ferzetti
CinematographyGábor Pogány
Edited byGiancarlo Cappelli
Distributed byGalatea Film
Release date
  • 30 June 1963 (1963-06-30) (France)
Running time
99 minutes
CountriesItaly
France
LanguageEnglish
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The film was released as Beta Som, the Italian language acronym meaning Bordeaux Sommergibile.[3] Phonetically B (for Bordeaux) is Beta and SOM is an abbreviation for 'Sommergibile' which is the Italian for submarine.[4] In the United States, American International Pictures released it as a double feature with Commando (1964).[5]

Plot

An Italian submarine captain tries to navigate his sub through enemy waters whilst being stalked by a British commander. The Italian sub manages to make it into the neutral port of Tangiers, Morocco followed by the British commander. During their stay, the two captains agree not to fight. They come to respect each other. Eventually the Italian sub leaves port after the Captain accuses his lover of spying. The British commander follows, but ends up losing his ship to the Italian's torpedoes.

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