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22 April 1943 (USA)
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Tyrone Power -- Leading a reckless crew on the war's most daring mission! Battling death in a depth-bombed submarine! Blasting Nazis on a bold Commando raid! Finding love in precious, stolen moments! Crashing his way to unforgettable glory in...
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A submarine lieutenant and his commander fall in love with the same girl. full summary | add synopsis
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Won Oscar.
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Where WAS that base anyway?
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Tyrone Power | ... | Lt. Ward Stewart (as Tyrone Power U.S.M.C.R.) |
 | Anne Baxter | ... | Jean Hewlett |
 | Dana Andrews | ... | Lt. Cmdr. Dewey Connors |
 | James Gleason | ... | Chief Mike 'Mac' McDonnell |
| Dame May Whitty | ... | Grandmother |
| Harry Morgan | ... | Brownie (as Henry Morgan) |
| Ben Carter | ... | Oliver Cromwell Jones |
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106 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Recording)
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USA:Approved (MPAA rating: certificate #8371) |
Canada:PG (video rating) |
Netherlands:12 |
Australia:PG |
Finland:K-16 |
UK:U
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Factual errors: Lt. Ward is shown in his uniform wearing naval aviator's flight wings, rather than the submarine service's dolphins. Naval aviation would not be a typical career path into the silent service, but in any case, the second in command of a fleet boat would certainly be expected to have graduated sub school.
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[Several submarine crewmen are preparing to go ashore on a commando raid]
Oliver Cromwell Jones: [Looks around at all the blackened faces and hands of the other crewmen] I'm the only born commando here!
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Oliver Cromwell Jones: [Looks around at all the blackened faces and hands of the other crewmen] I'm the only born commando here!
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Featured in Going Hollywood: The War Years (1988)
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Tyrone Power's last film before going to war was this World War II epic which co-starred him with Dana Andrews and Anne Baxter and a good cast of supporting players. This did win an Oscar for Special Effects with the raid on the Nazi Submarine base.
And that's what makes this thing so stupid. Where was that base? Given what World War II vintage subs could do in performance, that base had to be Block Island, Martha's Vineyard or at worst, the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. You're asked to believe that the Nazis constructed a secret submarine base somewhere on some mythical isle in the Atlantic. These guys went off on some short cruise from New London to find this base. Just where were the Nazis operating?
Tyrone Power must have laughed himself silly every time he thought of this one. Especially in the South Pacific where served with the Marines in several major Pacific campaigns. At his funeral, there was a Marine honor guard as would befit a retired Major.
The rest of the story is your standard triangle the kind Power played in with Don Ameche during peacetime in the 30s. Except that here, the Ameche part was played by Dana Andrews.
One positive note. Black actor Ben Carter played a cook in the submarine galley and he's shown in an actual combat mission. It was an unusual role for a black actor to play at that time and I think he played it well. Some racial stereotyping, but his concern and affection for James Gleason who was the CPO on the submarine was real and rang true.