|
Run Silent Run Deep (1958) 7.4
A U.S. sub commander, obsessed with sinking a certain Japanese ship, butts heads with his first officer and crew. Director:Robert Wise |
| 0Share... |
User Lists
Related lists from IMDb users
Related Items
Search for "Run Silent Run Deep" on Amazon.com
Share this Rating
Title: Run Silent Run Deep (1958)
Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below.
1 nomination.
See more awards »
Photos
Learn more
People who liked this also liked...
The Enemy Below
(1957)
Action
|
Adventure
|
Drama
Director:
Dick Powell
Stars:
Robert Mitchum,
Curd Jürgens,
David Hedison
The Desert Rats
(1953)
Action
|
Adventure
|
Drama
Director:
Robert Wise
Stars:
Richard Burton,
James Mason,
Robert Newton
Destination Tokyo
(1943)
Adventure
|
History
|
War
Director:
Delmer Daves
Stars:
Cary Grant,
John Garfield,
Alan Hale
Sink the Bismarck!
(1960)
Action
|
Drama
|
History
Director:
Lewis Gilbert
Stars:
Kenneth More,
Dana Wynter,
Carl Möhner
Twelve O'Clock High
(1949)
Action
|
Drama
|
War
Director:
Henry King
Stars:
Gregory Peck,
Hugh Marlowe,
Gary Merrill
The Sand Pebbles
(1966)
Adventure
|
Drama
|
Romance
Director:
Robert Wise
Stars:
Steve McQueen,
Richard Attenborough,
Candice Bergen
Von Ryan's Express
(1965)
Action
|
Adventure
|
War
Director:
Mark Robson
Stars:
Frank Sinatra,
Trevor Howard,
Raffaella CarrÃ
Up Periscope
(1959)
Action
|
Drama
|
Romance
Director:
Gordon Douglas
Stars:
James Garner,
Edmond O'Brien,
Andra Martin
The Train
(1964)
Thriller
|
War
|
Action
Directors:
John Frankenheimer,
Arthur Penn
Stars:
Burt Lancaster,
Paul Scofield,
Jeanne Moreau
Elmer Gantry
(1960)
Drama
Director:
Richard Brooks
Stars:
Burt Lancaster,
Jean Simmons,
Arthur Kennedy
Action
|
Drama
|
War
Director:
Zoltan Korda
Stars:
Humphrey Bogart,
Bruce Bennett,
J. Carrol Naish
Torpedo Run
(1958)
War
|
Drama
Director:
Joseph Pevney
Stars:
Glenn Ford,
Ernest Borgnine,
Diane Brewster
Edit
Cast
| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Clark Gable | ... | ||
| Burt Lancaster | ... | ||
| Jack Warden | ... | ||
| Brad Dexter | ... | ||
| Don Rickles | ... | ||
 |
Nick Cravat | ... |
Russo
|
|
|
Joe Maross | ... |
Chief Kohler
|
|
|
Mary LaRoche | ... |
Laura Richardson
|
|
|
Eddie Foy III | ... |
Larto
|
|
|
Rudy Bond | ... |
Sonarman 1st Class Cullen
|
Edit
Plot Summary
|
Add Synopsis
See All (33) »
Storyline
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. Written by Kevin Ackley <kackley1@aol.com>
Plot Keywords:
submarine movie | submarine | u.s. military | submarine crew | captain tyrannical |Taglines:
Gable and Lancaster make the seas boil in the battle adventure that hits like a torpedo!Parents Guide:
Add content advisory for parents »
Edit
See full technical specs »
Details
Country:
USARelease Date:
27 March 1958 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Run Silent, Run Deep See more »Company Credits
Show detailed
company contact information
on
IMDbPro »
Technical Specs
Runtime:
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)Color:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1
Edit
See more »
(uncredited)
Music by Jule Styne
Played on Tokyo Rose's radio broadcasts to American ships
See more »
Did You Know?
Trivia
Despite receiving generally favorable reviews, the film proved to be only a moderate hit at the box office. This may have been partly due to the fact that it was released at the same time as Teacher's Pet (1958), also starring Clark Gable. See more »Goofs
At the end of the film when the torpedoes travel towards the Japanese sub, from the sub's point of view, the decoy is forward of the sub, so the torpedoes pass behind it. However, from the US sub's point of view, the decoy is still between both subs when the torpedoes pass underneath it. See more »Quotes
Yeoman 1st Class Mueller: Mr. Cartwright, with all due respect to your rank, may I say I think you're an ass?See more »
Crazy Credits
Opening credits: "Bungo Straits Near the Coast of Japan 1942" See more »Soundtracks
It's Been a Long, Long Time(uncredited)
Music by Jule Styne
Played on Tokyo Rose's radio broadcasts to American ships
See more »
This was the second of two films that Burt Lancaster's Hecht-Hill-Lancaster company produced with a co-star from the earlier generation of film icons. Lancaster got the services of Gary Cooper for Verz Cruz and for Run Silent Run Deep, Clark Gable signed on for a hitch in as a submarine captain with a mission that isn't in the orders.
Clark Gable has been desk bound for a year after losing his submarine in the Bungo Strait in Japanese waters. He hears of another submarine coming into Pearl Harbor with a wounded captain who will be on medical leave. So with a little back channel influence playing naval politics, Gable gets command of the U.S.S. Nerka.
He inherits a resentful crew and an executive officer in Burt Lancaster who thinks he should have inherited the job. Gable's going back to the Bungo Stratis to nail the Japanese battleship that sank his former submarine and it's against orders.
The conflict already existing between Gable and Lancaster and the one some in the crew would like to make is what gives the film its spark. Though this is a submarine film, you can see plot elements of Flying Leathernecks and The Caine Mutiny here. Brad Dexter is in the Fred MacMurray role.
If Humphrey Bogart on the Caine had had at least one confidant on board he might not have cracked up. Gable's confidante on the Nerka is Jack Warden who is desk bound with him and transferred with him to the Nerka when Gable got command. Both Warden and Dexter are the best in a good supporting cast.
By the way what Gable is drilling his men in doing is shooting with precise speed and accuracy into the bow of an oncoming enemy ship and then diving for cover in split seconds. Quite a maneuver.
And quite a good film as well.