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Run Silent Run Deep (1958)
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27 March 1958 (USA)
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Gable and Lancaster make the seas boil in the battle adventure that hits like a torpedo!
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A U.S. sub commander, obsessed with sinking a certain Japanese ship, butts heads with his first officer and crew. full summary | add synopsis
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1 win
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Cast
(Complete credited cast)| Clark Gable | ... | Cmdr. 'Rich' Richardson | |
| Burt Lancaster | ... | Lt. Jim Bledsoe | |
| Jack Warden | ... | Yeoman 1st Class Mueller | |
| Brad Dexter | ... | Ens. Gerald Cartwright | |
| Don Rickles | ... | Quartermaster 1st Class Ruby | |
| Nick Cravat | ... | Russo | |
| Joe Maross | ... | Chief Kohler | |
| Mary LaRoche | ... | Laura Richardson | |
| Eddie Foy III | ... | Larto | |
| Rudy Bond | ... | Sonarman 1st Class Cullen |
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Run Silent, Run Deep (USA) (poster title)
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93 min | Germany:88 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)
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Brazil:12 (DVD rating) |
USA:Approved |
Norway:16 (1958) |
USA:TV-PG |
West Germany:12 (f) |
Australia:PG |
Finland:K-16 |
Norway:15 |
UK:U
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Clark Gable and Burt Lancaster did not get along during filming, partly due to Lancaster making jokes about Gable's age. There was one major argument when Gable refused to allow the crucial plot development of Lancaster's character to take control of the submarine, because he felt this went against the image he had built up for more than twenty years at MGM. After refusing to work for two days, Gable eventually agreed to return to the studio when it was decided that his character would fall ill, necessitating Lancaster taking command.
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Continuity: In the first attack in the opening scenes the range to the target is given verbally as 1,500 yards. The range to target on the TDC is shown a few seconds later as 4,400 yards.
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Petty Officer 1st Class Ruby:
You wanna sing, go to the head!
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WOW! is all I can say. This is the most realistic submarine film of it's day. I don't think anybody equaled this film in this genre until Das Boot was released nearly 30 years later. Clark Gable and Burt Lancaster star in this epic about a submarine and a mission. Others have commented at length on the basic story, so I'll leave that alone. Only a couple of details bothered me. The men were all too clean and well-shaven to be sub sailors. Some of the last WWII US Subs built had air conditioning, so that could explain the cleanliness and lack of condensation in the boat. Still, the entire crew should have been growing beards for the entire length of the cruise since water was too precious to be used for shaving or bathing while at sea. The only shipboard scene that I felt was unrealistic was one scene in the crew's mess. The space shown is far too large to have been aboard a US Fleet boat. Otherwise, I found the film to be a great depiction of the way life was aboard a US sub during WWII. The acting is superb by the entire cast, but it should be with names like Gable, Lancaster and Warden. This is one of the greats!