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Director:
Joseph Pevney
Writers:
Richard Sale (screenplay) and
William Wister Haines (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
15 January 1959 (Australia) more
Genre:
War | Drama more
Plot:
A submarine commander is forced to blow up a Japanese ship with prisoners. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. more
User Comments:
A Classic Submarine Picture! more (21 total)

Cast

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Glenn Ford ... Lt. Cmdr. Barney Doyle

Ernest Borgnine ... Lt. Archer 'Archie' Sloan
Diane Brewster ... Jane Doyle

Dean Jones ... Lt. Jake 'Fuzz' Foley
L.Q. Jones ... 'Hash' Benson
Philip Ober ... Adm. Samuel Setton
Richard Carlyle ... Cmdr. Don Adams

Fredd Wayne ... Orville 'Goldy' Goldstein

Don Keefer ... Ens. Ron Milligan
Robert Hardy ... Lt. Redley
Paul Picerni ... Lt. Burt Fisher
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Additional Details

Runtime:
98 min | 95 min (TCM print)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System) | 4-Track Stereo

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
In Nov. 1958, MGM distributed this film on a double bill with Fiend Without a Face (1958) as the second feature. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: Towards the end of the film, when the Grayfish is lying on the bottom, the captain urges the radioman to keep trying to contact the Bluefin (the other submarine) on the radio, and the radioman replies, "I'm broadcasting, sir," while he works his Morse Code key. The Bluefin eventually answers. Conventional radio signals will not penetrate underwater. Even today, submarines are required to surface an antenna to receive or send operational communications. Extremely Low Frequency (ELF) radio waves will penetrate underwater, but they can carry very limited information, and were not in use in World War II. more

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A Classic Submarine Picture!, 26 February 2004
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Author: whpratt1 from United States

If you are interested in the way the Navy crew operates under the ocean floors, you will love this great Navy story about how the U.S. Navy was able to out wit the enemy which was Japan during WWII and all the tricks of the trade that were utilized under the very depths of the Pacific Ocean. The photography was great for a 1958 film and Glenn Ford( Lt. Cmdr.Barney Doyle),"Pocket Full of Miracles",'61, gave a great performance along with some mental blocks that was interfering with his command of his submarine. However, Ernest Borgnine(Lt.Archer Sloan),"Marty",'55, was a loyal officer to Barney and turned down his own commission as Commander to assist Barney in his hopes to destroy a FLAT TOP (aircraft carrier) of the Japanese Navy. There was a very interesting scene where the submarine crew was able to evacuate their sub and be able to surface to another submarine for safety. This is truly a Classic film from the past and I am quite sure some of these events actually happened during WWII.

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