7.8
“Gable and Lancaster make the seas boil in the battle adventure that hits like a torpedo!”
Run Silent, Run Deep (1958)
March 27, 19581h 33mEN
6.9
182 votes
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 WiseWriters
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English
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Production Companies
Jeffrey Pictures Corp.Hill-Hecht-Lancaster ProductionsUnited Artists
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7.0This 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 cre…
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