The Deep Six
- IMDb link: 0050298
- IMDb rating: 6.1 (608 votes) Search
- Genres: Drama, War
- Director: Rudolph Mate
- Cast: Alan Ladd, Dianne Foster, William Bendix, Keenan Wynn and others
- Release date: 9 Mar 1958
- Release year: 1958
- Runtime: 105 minutes
- Country: United States
- Keywords: quaker, u.s. navy, united states navy, warship, navy officer, world war two, conscientious objector, based on novel, religious belief, combat
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Called to active duty during World War II, U.S. Navy Reserve lieutenant Alec Austin struggles to do his military duties while observing his Quaker beliefs, to the dismay of his comrades.
The conflict between duty and conscience is explored in this WWII drama. Alan Ladd stars as Naval gunnery sergeant Alec Austin, a Quaker whose sincere pacifist sentiments do not sit well with his crew members. When he refuses to fire upon an unidentified plane, the word spreads that Austin cannot be relied upon in battle (never mind that the plane turns out to be one of ours).
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