Run Silent, Run Deep

3/27/19581h 33m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ Gable and Lancaster make the seas boil in the battle adventure that hits like a torpedo! ~

Overview:

The captain of a submarine sunk by the Japanese during WWII is finally given a chance to skipper another sub after a year of working a desk job. His singleminded determination for revenge against the destroyer that sunk his previous vessel puts his new crew in unneccessary danger.

Director:

Robert Wise

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

submarine
world war ii
pacific war
black and white
pacific theater
naval warfare

Cast

Clark Gable

~ as ~

Cmdr. Richardson

Burt Lancaster

~ as ~

Lt. Jim Bledsoe

Jack Warden

~ as ~

Yeoman 1st Class Mueller

Brad Dexter

~ as ~

Cartwright

Don Rickles

~ as ~

Quartermaster 1st Class Ruby

Nick Cravat

~ as ~

Russo

Joe Maross

~ as ~

Kohler

Mary LaRoche

~ as ~

Laura Richardson

Eddie Foy III

~ as ~

Larto

Rudy Bond

~ as ~

Sonarman 1st Class Cullen

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 2 year(s) ago
7
This superior wartime submarine story is about an American captain (Gable) who seeks to avenge the loss of an earlier ship to a Japanese destroyer by perfecting a very difficult "bow shot" technique that would enable him to torpedo this fast moving enemy head on. Burt Lancaster portrays his popular XO who ought, originally, to have had that command but has been passed over; and the film depicts the evolution of their taut and mistrusting relationship. Gable is on good form as his character treads a very thin line between reason and obsession and Lancaster works hard to keep himself and the crew under control. The direction is tense and the chemistry between these two men works really well. This is more than a post-war grandstanding picture; it does touch on the psychology of command and of grief, and is well worth an hour and a half of your time.