Submarine Seahawk

Submarine Seahawk is a 1958 World War II film directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet, starring John Bentley and Brett Halsey. The film was originally released as a double feature with Paratroop Command. The plot tells the story of a by-the-book officer (in his first command in the Pacific war) who is ordered to take his submarine on a reconnaissance mission to locate a fleet of Japanese fighting ships the Allies have lost track of. At first, the rest of the crew resent his distant manner and the way he keeps avoiding taking on the Japanese.

Contents

• Cast
• Production
• References

Cast

John Bentley as Lt. Cmdr. Paul Turner

Brett Halsey as Lt. (j.g.) David Shore

Wayne Heffley as Cmdr. Dean Stoker

Steve Mitchell as CPO Andy Flowers

Henry McCann as Seaman Ellis Bellis

Paul Maxwell as Lt. Cmdr. Bill Hallohan, XO

Nicky Blair as Sam

Frank Gerstle as Capt. Boardman

Jan Brooks as Mrs. Ellen Turner

Mabel Rea as Maisie

Leon Tyler as Ed

Hal Bogart as Radio Operator

Frank Watkins as Bearded Sonar Man

Don Fenwick as Radio Operator

Marilyn Hanold as Nancy

Production

This was the last film produced by Alex Gordon for AIP. Gordon was unhappy that he was never given money owed for his films - a complaint echoed by others who worked for AIP including Jack Rabin, Edward Bernds, Herman Cohen, Sid Pink and Bert I. Gordon.