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Overview

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Director:
Robert Wise
Writers:
John Gay (screenplay)
Edward L. Beach (novel)
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Release Date:
27 March 1958 (USA) more
Genre:
War | Action | Drama more
Tagline:
Gable and Lancaster make the seas boil in the battle adventure that hits like a torpedo!
Plot:
A U.S. sub commander, obsessed with sinking a certain Japanese ship, butts heads with his first officer and crew. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win more
User Comments:
Gable and Lancaster on a collision course with the Imperial Japanese Navy during WWII. Superb more

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)

Clark Gable ... Cmdr. 'Rich' Richardson

Burt Lancaster ... Lt. Jim Bledsoe

Jack Warden ... Yeoman 1st Class Mueller
Brad Dexter ... Ens. Gerald Cartwright

Don Rickles ... Quartermaster 1st Class Ruby
Nick Cravat ... Russo
Joe Maross ... Chief Kohler
Mary LaRoche ... Laura Richardson
Eddie Foy III ... Larto
Rudy Bond ... Sonarman 1st Class Cullen
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Run Silent, Run Deep (USA) (poster title)
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Runtime:
93 min | Germany:88 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | Japanese
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)

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Trivia:
Although at the time of its release the movie was hailed as a fairly realistic portrayal of a submarine in World War II, there was also some controversy since both Clark Gable and Burt Lancaster were much older than real US Navy captains and lieutenants in wartime. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: In several underwater scenes, the bottom of the tank the film is being shot in can be seen - it has a very flat, level bottom, and light can be seen reflected on it. more
Quotes:
Commander Richardson: A fleet boat of the Navy, a submarine with her fighting power still intact! And you'd take her back to Pearl? I don't believe it! more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project (2007) more

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Gable and Lancaster on a collision course with the Imperial Japanese Navy during WWII. Superb, 31 January 2003
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Author: Mickey-2 from Front Royal, VA

"Run Silent, Run Deep" featured the only pairing of two screen giants-Clark Gable, in the twilight of his career, and Burt Lancaster, whose best performances were still ahead of him. Sad to say that they couldn't be used in a joint effort again, as the on-screen chemistry was on a supreme height.

Gable plays the commander of a WWII submarine that has recently been sunk in an ara referred to as the Bunko Straits, or Area 7. He has been assigned to a desk job back at Pearl Harbor, and even after a year, is still brooding over the loss of his crew and his boat. Lancaster has a good part, that of the Executive Officer of a sub called the USS Nerka. This boat has just had a command change, Lancaster desires that position, but is passed over in favor of Gable, who senses a chance to return to the Straits and extract revenge on the Japanese destroyer which he feels certain sank his old command. The clash between the two men is obvious, but they put their personal differences behind them, and head for a long lasting combat mission, which against orders, will include Gable's return visit to the forbidden area 7 of the Bunko Straits.

Besides the pairing of two of Hollywood's screen legends, the film features the realism of using an actual ship of the line, the USS Redfish, for many of the shots. Also, the viewer has a chance to feel a part of the underwater tensions and claustrophobic conditions that submariners experienced during times of combat underwater. A must-see, or even better, a must buy film for those that enjoy films of this genre.

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