Torpedo Bay
1963 Italian film / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Torpedo Bay is a 1963 war film directed by Charles Frend and Bruno Vailati and starring James Mason.[1] 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.[2]
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Torpedo Bay | |
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Directed by | Charles Frend Bruno Vailati |
Written by | Adriano Belli Pino Belli |
Produced by | Bruno Vailati |
Starring | James Mason Gabriele Ferzetti Lilli Palmer |
Cinematography | Gábor Pogány |
Edited by | Giancarlo Cappelli |
Distributed by | Galatea Film |
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Running time | 99 minutes |
Countries | Italy France |
Language | English |
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The film was released as Beta Som, the Italian language acronym meaning Bordeaux Sommergibile.[3] Phonetically B (for Bordeaux) is Beta and SOM is an abbreviation for 'Sommergibile' which is the Italian for submarine.[4] In the United States American International Pictures released it as a double feature with Commando (1964).[5]