Run Silent Run Deep (1958, United States)
Categories: navy movies submarine movies
Run Silent Run DeepDirector: Robert Wise
Czas: 95 minut
Laguages: English
Categories: navy movies submarine movies
Run Silent Run DeepDirector: Robert Wise
Laguages: English
American submarine commander takes up the mission to sink the Japanese destroyer that guards the Bungo Straits.
New captain is appointed to take over submarine USS Nerka. The crew is disappointed with that decision, they were hoping that Lieutenant Jim Bledsoe, who was second in command, would be promoted. Bledsoe is angry too, especially when he discovers that his new captain will be someone who wasn’t in active service for months. Commander P.J. Richardson, the new captain, was chosen for a reason - he was commanding a submarine that was sunk in a Bungo Straits (a channel between Japanese islands of Kyushu and Shikoku) and was appointed as more experienced officer.
During the patrol Richardson pushes the crew to the limits by ordering constant drills to cut down the time of submerging the boat. Bledsoe has to stop crewmembers from revolting, but when he finds out that Richardson is planning to go to Bungo Straits and sink the destroyer nicknamed Bungo Pete responsible for sinking several American submarines (including Richardson’s sub few months ago) he also starts to doubt in new captain.
Just like in few other American submarine movies the level of relism in Run Silent Run Deep is rather low and the conflict between Richardson and Bledsoe is the main part of the movie. But to be honest it doesn’t really lower the value of the film - good cast and interesting plot won’t disappont the viewers.
Our rating
5.2
Film value
7 / 10
Realism factor
2 / 5
Adventure factor
3 / 5
Historical accuracy
1 / 5
Robert Wise
director
John Gay
screenplay
Edward L. Beach
screenplay
Clark Gable
as Commander Richardson
Burt Lancaster
as Lieutenant Jim Bledsoe
Brad Dexter
as Ensign Cartwright
Don Rickles
as Quartermaster Ruby
Nick Cravat
as Russo
Jack Warden
as Yeoman Mueller
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