Hell Below is a 1933 American MGM pre-Code film set in the Adriatic Sea during World War I about submarine warfare based on Commander Edward Ellsberg's novel Pigboats. The film stars Robert Montgomery, Walter Huston, Robert Young, Madge Evans and Jimmy Durante.
Hell Below
Edward Ellsberg, OBE was an officer in the United States Navy and a popular author. He was widely known as "Commander Ellsberg".
Edward Ellsberg
Poster for Hell Below (1933), adapted from Ellsberg's novel Pigboats
Gravesite of Rear Admiral Ellsberg – Willimantic, CT