Watch: The Seas Beneath 1931 123movies, Full Movie Online – In the waning days of WWI, a U.S. “Mystery Ship,” sets sail for the coast of Spain towing a submarine. Their mission is to find and sink a U-boat that has been especially effective in attacking Allied shipping. Posing as a harmless schooner, the mystery ship is in fact fitted with a formidable gun capable of sinking a U-boat. Stopping in the Canary Islands to refuel, the crew interacts with locals involved with Germans, and with Germans themselves, including the sister of the U-Boat commander, who is lurking offshore waiting for the coming battle..
Plot: In the waning days of WWI, a U.S. “Mystery Ship,” sets sail for the coast of Spain towing a submarine. Their mission is to find and sink a U-boat that has been especially effective in attacking Allied shipping. Posing as a harmless schooner, the mystery ship is in fact fitted with a formidable gun capable of sinking a U-boat. Stopping in the Canary Islands to refuel, the crew interacts with locals involved with Germans, and with Germans themselves, including the sister of the U-Boat commander, who is lurking offshore waiting for the coming battle.
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German u-boat plays cat and mouse with allied gunboat in WW1
Rarely have I seen such stilted, hammy, and just plain bad acting. There didn’t appear to be a professional performer in the whole picture. And the dialogue! Gad! The skipper of the allied vessel came off more like a cheerleader than a leader of men. I still enjoyed the film; even with all the cornball humor from the brainless naval crew. If their collective brains could be rendered into gasoline, there wouldn’t be enough to run a termite’s chainsaw. Fairly good action yarn for such an old picture.
You’d have a hard time recognizing this as a John Ford film…
While there are a few small signs that this film might have been directed by the great John Ford, for the most part there is little about this B-movie that would seem great or inspired. Now I do cut the film SOME slack since it’s an early talkie, but compared to the average film of the day, it’s still a sub-par film.Most of the problem is the story–it’s just written so poorly and the characters are just so gosh-darn stupid that it’s hard to enjoy. You KNOW this ain’t the brightest ship in the US Navy when BOTH Warren Hymer AND Nat Pendleton serve on it–to actors who specialized in playing thick-headed galoots. In fact, the rest of the crew is amazingly stupid as well–making me feel that the writers sure didn’t try very hard for realism. The story is about an old fashion wooden sailing ship that appears to be a merchant ship but really hides a deck gun designed to sink German subs during the waning months of WWI. But the American crew, as I said above, is dumber than a sack of door knobs and I got frustrated at the writing. A great example is when the Captain told them all they were on a top secret mission, so when they go on shore leave, no fraternizing and no liquor–at which point they all went out chasing women and getting drunk. What part of “top secret mission” or “no fraternizing or drinking” didn’t they understand?! Then, when tops of German-accented sailors started walking about, no one seemed to even notice!! The writing was strictly B-movie (or worse) and there were so many loose plot threads that I had a hard time watching the film. The only positive thing I noticed about the film is the nice cinematography. Otherwise…yuck.
My advice is that if you MUST see it because you are a die-hard Ford fan, then do so by all means. Otherwise, you’d be best to find another–ANY other Ford film.
Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 30 min (90 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated Passed
Genre Action, Drama, War
Director John Ford
Writer Dudley Nichols, James Parker Jr., William Collier Sr.
Actors George O’Brien, Marion Lessing, Mona Maris
Country United States
Awards N/A
Production Company N/A
Website N/A
Sound Mix Mono (MovieTone) (Western Electric System)
Aspect Ratio 1.20 : 1 (sound on film version)
Camera N/A
Laboratory N/A
Film Length 2,484.73 m (11 reels)
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm