Les hommes-grenouilles

Original title: The Frogmen

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The new commander of a Navy Underwater Demolition Team--nicknamed "Frogmen"--must earn the respect of the men in his unit, who are still grieving over the death of their former commander and resentful of the new one.

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The new commander of a Navy Underwater Demolition Team--nicknamed "Frogmen"--must earn the respect of the men in his unit, who are still grieving over the death of their former commander and... Read allThe new commander of a Navy Underwater Demolition Team--nicknamed "Frogmen"--must earn the respect of the men in his unit, who are still grieving over the death of their former commander and resentful of the new one.The new commander of a Navy Underwater Demolition Team--nicknamed "Frogmen"--must earn the respect of the men in his unit, who are still grieving over the death of their former commander and resentful of the new one.

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IMDb RATING

6.5/10

1.6K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Nominated for 2 Oscars
- 1 win & 3 nominations total

Chief Ryan
(uncredited)

Richard Allan

Parley Baer

Dr. Ullman
(uncredited)

William Bishop

Ferrino
(uncredited)

Frank Donahue

Crew Member
(uncredited)

Ed Donovan

Crew Officer
(uncredited)

Harry Flowers

Kinsella
(uncredited)

James Gregory

Chief Petty Officer Lane
(uncredited)

Harry Hamada

Gunner
(uncredited)

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Trivia
The Underwater Demolition Team, the frogmen in the film, belong to is UDT-4 (some members of the team wear utility jackets with artwork of a large number "4" and a shark on the back). The real UDT-4 in World War II saw combat in the invasions of Okinawa, Saipan, Guam, and the Philippines. Like the fictional team in the film, the UDT-4 had one of their boats hit and sunk by Japanese fire at Leyte, and left a sign on the beach at Guam to welcome the invading Marines.

Goofs
The triple-tank aqualungs used by the UDT frogmen during the film's climactic mission are incorrect for the WWII period. Although 'Jacques Cousteau', an officer in the French Navy, was working with experimental aqualungs near the end of WWII, U.S. Navy Underwater Demolition Teams did not have them during the war. Re-breathers, which had filters to trap carbon dioxide, were in use during this time period. Modern SEAL type units still use re-breathers because they produce no bubbles which can attract unwanted attention like they did in the movie. The Japanese divers in the movie had bubble-less re-breathers.

Quotes
Lt. Cmdr. Pete Vincent: Looks like you've got what amounts to a legal mutiny on your hands.

Connections
Referenced in Junior (1985)

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Precursors of Today's SEAL Teams

Pity 'The Frogmen' isn't yet on DVD. It features the techniques developed and applied by WWII's U.S. Navy UDT (Underwater Demolition Teams), many of which techniques formed the basis for the methods employed by today's SEAL teams - and the UDT's did their bit with rebreather rigs that weren't nearly as sophisticated or reliable as today's high-tech SCUBA and rebreather gear. The UDT's were pioneers on the cutting edge of their mission, an edge the likes of which will not likely be seen again.

A standard plot is redeemed by fine performances from all, and by exciting action sequences that have not dated as much as one might suspect they would have by 2003.