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Director:
Robert Iscove
Writer (WGA):
Alan Sharp (written by)
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Release Date:
29 September 1991 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Drama | History | War more
Plot:
True story of the sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, its crew's struggle to survive the sharks and exposure, and the captain's scape-goat court-martial. | add synopsis
User Comments:
Not bad as "True Story" Movies go more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Stacy Keach ... Capt. Charles Butler McVay
Richard Thomas ... Lieutenant Steven Scott
Steve Landesberg ... Lipscombe

Don Harvey ... Kinderman
Robert Cicchini ... D'Angelo

David Caruso ... Wilkes

Bob Gunton ... Chaplain

Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa ... Hashimoto

Jeffrey Nordling ... Tasker

Tim Guinee ... Dobson
Neil Giuntoli ... Goldstein

Gordon Clapp ... Elias
Joe Carberry ... Spilner

Dale Dye ... Major Green
Eddie Frias ... Cortes
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Mission of the Shark
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Runtime:
100 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | Japanese
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Stereo
Certification:
Iceland:16 | Australia:M
Filming Locations:
Mobile, Alabama, USA

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Anachronisms: In the scene where a seaplane lands at sea to rescue the crew, the plane used is a Grumman Albatross. However, this aircraft was not put into service until 1949. The real life aircraft that rescued the crew, was a Catalina PBY. more
Movie Connections:
Edited from Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb (1980) (TV) more

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5 out of 7 people found the following comment useful:-
Not bad as "True Story" Movies go, 4 August 2003
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Author: marchesa from Philadelphia, PA

This film is nicely filmed, though probably purposefully has the feel and look (and dialog) of a movie made in the 50s or 60s. Since the beginning and end are set in the 60s, I suspect that it was done on purpose. Scenes on the Indianapolis are fairly well done. The acting is a little stiff throughout, which is mostly due to a rather dry, stiff dialog and unimaginative script. They do manage to get the viewer steamed up at the Navy at the Court Marshall of Captain McVay. The film leaves a bit to be desired, but the saddest part of the tale is that the horror is true and teh abhorent behavior of the US Navy was unforgivable, even as of 1991. I have no idea whether the record or memory of McVay has been cleared since, but it certainly should be. The film makes a strong statement about the horrible costs of war.

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