Top billed cast

1. 

   Clark Gable

   Cmdr. Richardson

2. 

   Burt Lancaster

   Lt. Jim Bledsoe

3. 

   Jack Warden

   Yeoman 1st Class Mueller

4. 

   Brad Dexter

   Cartwright

5. 

   Don Rickles

   Quartermaster 1st Class Ruby

6. 

   Nick Cravat

   Russo

7. 

   Joe Maross

   Kohler

8. 

   Mary LaRoche

   Laura Richardson

9. 

   Eddie Foy III

   Larto

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2023-02-24

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 cre...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

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