The Deep Six is a 1958 Warner Bros. World War II drama film directed by Rudolph Maté,[1] loosely based on a novel of the same name by Martin Dibner.[2] The film Stars Alan Ladd, who co-produced it, William Bendix, Dianne Foster, Keenan Wynn, James Whitmore, and Efrem Zimbalist Jr. It also marked the film debut of Joey Bishop.
The storyline depicts the conflicts of a U.S. naval officer in combat during World War II with his destroyer shipmates and his conscience over the values instilled in him by his Quaker upbringing.