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The Deep Six

The Deep Six (15-Jan-1958)

Writers: John Twist; Martin Rackin; Harry Brown

From novel: The Deep Six by Martin Dibner

Music by: David Buttolph

Producer: Martin Rackin

Keywords: Drama, WWII

After refusing to fire on an aircraft, a Quaker pacifist loses the confidence of the other men, and must find a way to regain it. Naval picture set in the Northeast Pacific, though not actually filmed there.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Ross Bagdasarian	Musician	27-Jan-1919	16-Jun-1972	Progenitor of Alvin and the Chipmunks
William Bendix	Actor	14-Jan-1906	14-Dec-1964	The Life of Riley
Joey Bishop	Comic	3-Feb-1918	17-Oct-2007	Rat Pack member
Dianne Foster	Actor	31-Oct-1928		The Last Hurrah
Peter Hansen	Actor	5-Dec-1921	9-Apr-2017	Lee Baldwin on General Hospital
Alan Ladd	Actor	3-Sep-1913	29-Jan-1964	Shane
Jeanette Nolan	Actor	30-Dec-1911	5-Jun-1998	Annette Deveraux on Hotel de Paree
Nestor Paiva	Actor	30-Jun-1905	9-Sep-1966	Tarantula
James Whitmore	Actor	1-Oct-1921	6-Feb-2009	Give 'em Hell, Harry!
Keenan Wynn	Actor	27-Jul-1916	14-Oct-1986	Col. Bat Guano in Dr. Strangelove
Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.	Actor	30-Nov-1918	2-May-2014	The F.B.I.

CAST

Alan Ladd	... Alexander Austen

Also Starring
Dianne Foster	... Susan Cahill
William Bendix	... Frenchy Shapiro
Keenan Wynn	... Lt. Cmdr. Mike Edge
James Whitmore	... Cmdr. Warren Meredith
Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.	... Lt. Blanchard

with
Joey Bishop	... Ski Krokowski
Barbara Eiler	... Claire Innes
Ross Bagdasarian	... Pvt. Slobodjian

Jeanette Nolan	... Mrs. Austen
Walter Reed	... Paul Clemson
Peter Hansen	... Lt. Dooley
Richard Crane	... Lt. Swanson
Morris Miller	... Collins
Perry Lopez	... Mendoza
Warren Douglas	... Pilot
Nestor Paiva	... Pappa Tatos

and
Men of the USS Stephen Potter	... Themselves

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