Run Silent, Run Deep
Rich Richardson is a hard-driving, dedicated submarine officer with a single-minded purpose - to seek out and smash the Japanese destroyer he believes sunk his former ship. Given a new command, Richardson drills his men to point of mutiny as he relentlessly trains them for the battle ahead. At last, word comes of the destroyer's position, and disobeying orders, Richardson finally confronts his foe, unaware that and even greater enemy lurks nearby...one who's been targeting him for a watery grave.
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OK, but feeling its age. - MovieLover5
I had not seen this for many years, so it was a bit of a disappointment to see it again. The plot is certainly believable, but there just does not seem to be much emotion in the key characters portrayed by Gable and Lancaster. The same goes for the rest of the 'crew'. (You'd think when they are blowing the bodies of 3 crew mates out the torpedoe tubes, they'd have some strong feelings about it.) And of course, the dated action scenes using models looks exactly that, but hey, they did the best they could for 50 years ago.
For WW2 buffs, it's an interesting film, but for that genre there are better ones about ( e.g. Das Boot, The Enemy Below).Standard Submarine Tale with a Good Cast - Gregg
A submarine captain Commander Richardson (Clark Gable) loses his boat to a Japanese Destroyer in a dangerous area of the Pacific known as the Bungo Strait. When Richardson is assigned a desk job in Pearl Harbor he begins to obsess over the Destroyer that sank him. Within a year another three submarines have met a similar fate in the same area. With this information Richardson requests another command and is given his chance. The command he wanted though comes at the expense of another officer Lieutenant Bledsoe (Burt Lancaster) the ships Executive Officer who had expected the command and has the full backing of the ships crew.
Directed by the talented Robert Wise (West Side Stort, The Sound of Music, The Day the Earth Stood Still) who effectively builds both the claustrophobic atmosphere of the submarine and tension of both being detected and being destroyed. While it may have been surpassed in these areas by the superlative "Das Boot" its achievements for its time are still impressive.
While not the greatest performances of either Lancaster or Gable it is still quite intriguing to see these two talented and major Hollywood stars sharing the screen. The cast also includes Jack Warden (12 Angry Men), Brad Dexter (Magnificent Seven) and Don Rickles in his film debut.
The film is based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Edward L. Beach Jr. a highly decorated submarine officer and author. His father Edward L. Beach Sr. had also been a prominent naval officer and author.
It's surprising to see again how many scenes have become standards of the submarine warfare film. From the relatively minor aspects; like tension amongst the crew, the attempts to remain absolutely quiet or the mechanical difficulties that require urgent repair. To the tension filled depth charge scene, and the use of fake debris including the bodies of dead sailors ejected through the torpedo tubes to try and fool the surface ship.Good Ole Black and White - SuzyQ
Remember watching this with my Grandfather when I was really young, still enjoy it and brings back some good memories of times that were spent with family. There is something about the good old black and white movies that I find appealing and watching all the old big stars.
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OK, but feeling its age. - MovieLover5
I had not seen this for many years, so it was a bit of a disappointment to see it again. The plot is certainly believable, but there just does not seem to be much emotion in the key characters portrayed by Gable and Lancaster. The same goes for the rest of ...Standard Submarine Tale with a Good Cast - Gregg
A submarine captain Commander Richardson (Clark Gable) loses his boat to a Japanese Destroyer in a dangerous area of the Pacific known as the Bungo Strait. When Richardson is assigned a desk job in Pearl Harbor he begins to obsess over the Destroyer that sank ...Good Ole Black and White - SuzyQ
Remember watching this with my Grandfather when I was really young, still enjoy it and brings back some good memories of times that were spent with family. There is something about the good old black and white movies that I find appealing and watching all ...