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For several days upon receiving The Deep Six DVD, I watched it several times. The repartee between Ladd and Bendix (his real-life pal of many years) I found very natural and realistic. But then, I consider both fine actors. I enjoyed his gentle courtship of Dianne Foster, a pleasing leading lady for Ladd. I got the feeling that this role came very natural to him. I may be in the minority, but I consider the film excellent. Joey Bishop and the men in Ladd's division, comes off pleasantly comic and the film is continuously punctuated with comical relief. To sum up, I enjoyed it, found it well-acted and look forward to reading other viewer's reviews of the film. The DVD was shipped to me fast and the price was very reasonable.

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I was surprised when I received the Synergy Entertainment DVD of the Deep Six how bad the quality of the picture and sound were. I have a VHS version which is clearer, brighter, and the sound very much better. On the DVD version, I had to crank the sound up to the point where the system hummed and the sound was mostly muffled and indistinct. This is actually a reasonably good film (notwithstanding its stupid plot in places) and for some reason Warner Brothers has turned over the release to Synergy Entertainment which made a pig's breakfast of it. The picture was washed out and in general it looked like a VHS tape on slow speed of a TV version.....I was sadly disappointed and recommend no one buys the DVD until Warner Brs. comes to its senses and releases a better copy. Originally released in 4:3 and not widescreen, you may want to locate a VHS copy, which was a Warner release.....infinitely better picture and sound qualtiy. As far as the movie goes, Alan Ladd always seems to be carrying the weight of the world on his shoulders. Made in 1958, when he was 45 (already you can see the effects of the booze and drugs on him), and just 6 years before he committed suicide, Ladd actually fit the role of the tormented ex-Quaker Lieutenant very well, although he was 20 years too old for a Navy Lieutenant. Even the beautiful ex-Canadian Dianne Foster (15 years his junior) who plays his love interest has to put full throttles on to get a decent reaction out of Ladd, who seems to have his feet stuck in cement. One of the goofiest roles in the movie is William Bendix as the Jewish?? Petty Officer "Frenchy Shapiro". Bendix and Ladd were real life pals and Frenchy has faith that Ladd will see the sense of shedding his Quaker qualms and start fighting. The film is generally well cast otherwise with Joey Bishop, James Whitmore, and Efrem Zimbalist. My biggest reservation about the film, other than the creaky plot, is how hard Dianne Forster's character has to work to get a reaction out of Ladd. The rest of us poor pilgrims would row a rubber dinghy across the Pacific for her....But this is the real strength of Alan Ladd...he is so tortured in real life that he can't hide it from the screen. It really came through in Shane and does so here in Deep Six. Was there ever a sadder actor out there? One final point...shortly after this film (and a failed suicide attempt) Ladd did everything in his power to land the role of Lawrence in Lawrence of Arabia....What was he thinking?

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I did not remember this movie being this bad when I first saw it. Of course, I was 10 years old. In addition the transfer of the film is horrible and uneven. I would not waste my money on this dog of a film

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This is a WWII movie that I had not seen. That is hard to believe! This movie is about how a man comes to terms with what he is and what he will fight for. Like most of these movies the good guys win. If you like movies like this you will not be disappointed. I would have given it ten stars if I could!

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I think the story summary is well put, Alan Ladd's character was brought up Quaker, but had left that life behind when he pursued a career in commercial art. He has a first-moments of combat where his Quaker teaching overtake him when a moment came to track and shoot down an un-identified aircraft.

His portrayal was classic ALan Ladd and he came off well, the story of the navy crew's reaction to his in-ability to order the aircraft shot down was also simple and to the point.

There was an awkward introduciton of a love-interest in the beginning and end of the movie, it gave a way to introduce his Quaker upbringing, but just didn't fit in well with the bulk of the story. Not a distraction, just a bit awkward in how it was worked in. Would I watch it again, yeah, most likely would.