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Q Ships

Q Ships

1928 · 78 min · ★ 8.0 · War

During World War I, the British navy disguised some of its warships as civilian cargo ships, known as Q Ships, in order to fool the Germans. German U-boat commander Capt. Von Haag spots one of these ships, commanded by Adm. Sims, in the English Channel and begins tracking it, leading to a war of nerves between Von Haag and Sims.

Directed by Geoffrey Barkas · Written by Michael Barringer

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