[AVGWarhawk]

Perhaps at the time the movie was written, the feelings and sentiments were very much alive that the Nazi/uboatmen were very evil. Many who would have watched the movie when it first came out were those that fought in the war. So, the German's character was portrayed as such. In other words, Hitchcock attempted to encompass all of what the allies thought of Germany and the Germans. They were not to be trusted no matter how friendly and helpful they seem on the surface(no pun intended). I'm not sure but it is my best guess. Anyway, he gets his with the shoe to the skull and turned to shark bait. Hitchcock was very clever in having the German navigate to his supply ship. It was a good twist. Personally, I probably would have gone with navigation directions as I know zero about navigating on the sea. But, I'm not that dumb to realize the sun comes up in the east! If the next morning my bow is pointed at the raising sun, I would have known he was pulling a fast one. The ship that was sunk was on the way to England. If my bow was not pointed west with the setting sun...I would have turned the boat and tossed the German captain. I will probably watch the movie again very soon as I miss things on the first go around.