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Torpedo Bay is a 1963 war film directed by Charles Frend and Bruno Vailati and starring James Mason. 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.
The film was released as Beta Som, the Italian language acronym meaning Bordeaux Sommergibile. Phonetically B (for Bordeaux) is Beta and SOM is an abbreviation for 'Sommergibile' which is the Italian for submarine in the UK. In the United States American International Pictures released it as a double feature with Commando (1964).
Original Release
06/30/1963
US Release
04/01/1964
Cast
Name | Character |
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Lilli Palmer | Lygia da Silva / Dr. Lygia da Silva |
James Mason | Captain Blayne |
Gabriele Ferzetti | Leonardi |
Alberto Lupo | Magri |
Valeria Fabrizi | Susanne |
Renato De Carmine | Ghedini |
Daniele Vargas | Brauzzi |
Andrew Keir | O'Brien |
Gabriele Tinti | |
Jeremy Burnham |
Directors
Writers
Bruno Vailati, Adriano Belli, Pino Belli, Augusto Frassinetti, Jack Whittingham
Cast
Name | Character |
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Lilli Palmer | Lygia da Silva / Dr. Lygia da Silva |
James Mason | Captain Blayne |
Gabriele Ferzetti | Leonardi |
Alberto Lupo | Magri |
Valeria Fabrizi | Susanne |
Renato De Carmine | Ghedini |
Daniele Vargas | Brauzzi |
Andrew Keir | O'Brien |
Gabriele Tinti | |
Jeremy Burnham | |
Paul Muller | Police Commander |
Gianni Solaro | Admiral Mendoza |
Andrea Checchi | Micheluzzi |
Geoffrey Keen | Hodges |
Fortunato Arena | Italian Marine |
Giovanni Cianfriglia | Italian Marine |
Fanfulla | (as Luigi Visconti) |
Gaia Germani | |
Anna McDonald | |
Davide Montemurri | (as Davide Montemuri) |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Bruno Vailati | Producer |