A U.S. sub commander, obsessed with sinking a certain Japanese ship, butts heads with his first officer and crew.
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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>
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Commander Richardson: That's strange, Jim. I never even thought of failing.
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(uncredited)
Music by Jule Styne
Played on Tokyo Rose's radio broadcasts to American ships
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Producers James Hill and Burt Lancaster had the film re-edited after director Robert Wise finished his cut. Wise left the film after this point for the rest of post-production. See more »Goofs
There's a black man on the sub, though in WWII the armed forces weren't yet fully integrated; however, black men did serve as mess cooks and stewards on submarines. See more »Quotes
Lt. Jim Bledsoe: If you should fail, and somehow come out of this alive, there won't be a desk small enough for you this time.Commander Richardson: That's strange, Jim. I never even thought of failing.
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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
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"Run Silent, Run Deep" featured the only pairing of two screen giants-Clark Gable, in the twilight of his career, and Burt Lancaster, whose best performances were still ahead of him. Sad to say that they couldn't be used in a joint effort again, as the on-screen chemistry was on a supreme height.
Gable plays the commander of a WWII submarine that has recently been sunk in an ara referred to as the Bunko Straits, or Area 7. He has been assigned to a desk job back at Pearl Harbor, and even after a year, is still brooding over the loss of his crew and his boat. Lancaster has a good part, that of the Executive Officer of a sub called the USS Nerka. This boat has just had a command change, Lancaster desires that position, but is passed over in favor of Gable, who senses a chance to return to the Straits and extract revenge on the Japanese destroyer which he feels certain sank his old command. The clash between the two men is obvious, but they put their personal differences behind them, and head for a long lasting combat mission, which against orders, will include Gable's return visit to the forbidden area 7 of the Bunko Straits.
Besides the pairing of two of Hollywood's screen legends, the film features the realism of using an actual ship of the line, the USS Redfish, for many of the shots. Also, the viewer has a chance to feel a part of the underwater tensions and claustrophobic conditions that submariners experienced during times of combat underwater. A must-see, or even better, a must buy film for those that enjoy films of this genre.