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...Frogmen (20th Century-Fox), is a late addition to Hollywood's muster roll of World War II movies, but it turns out to be one of the most absorbing of the lot. The picture turns the trick in spite of a battleworn plot about a tough-minded commander (Richard Widmark), whose overzealous sense of duty alienates his men (Dana Andrews et al.) until the crisis of battle finally brings them together. Its secret weapon: the work of the Navy's underwater demolition teams, the swimmers who spearheaded U.S. amphibious invasions from Sicily to Okinawa...
...next morning a tug spotted the Truculent's emergency marker buoy. The web-booted, goggled divers, known in the service as "frogmen," battled all morning to reach the hull of the sub. At 12:25 p.m., the frogmen sent up a chilling message: "No signals can be heard...