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Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis (1991)

TV Movie  -   -  Action | Drama | History  -  29 September 1991 (USA)
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True story of the sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, its crew's struggle to survive the sharks and exposure, and the captain's scape-goat court-martial.

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Capt. Charles Butler McVay
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Lieutenant Steven Scott
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Lipscombe
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Kinderman
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D'Angelo
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Hashimoto
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Tasker
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Dobson
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Goldstein
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Elias
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Spilner (as Joe Carberry)
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Major Green
Eddie Frias ...
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True story of the sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, its crew's struggle to survive the sharks and exposure, and the captain's scape-goat court-martial.

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In the scene where a seaplane lands at sea to rescue the crew, the plane used is a Grumman Albatross. However, this aircraft was not put into service until 1949. The real life aircraft that rescued the crew, was a Catalina PBY. See more »

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Edited from Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb (1980) See more »

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Fans of S.S.'s Jaws should check this one out.
16 November 2006 | by (United States) – See all my reviews

Remember the boys out on Quint's boat? At night, down below, swapping seagoing yarns, showing their scars, knowing the shark is out there, waiting in the watery night, guys talk of exploits and escapes. Joining in, the Roy Schieder character naively questions, "What's that one?" noticing another tattoo on Quint's forearm, The USS Indianapolis. Quint tells the tragic story of that WWII ship and crew. His personal motivation as a shark hunter.

Well, if you want more of the story, that's what Mission of the Shark delivers. It is a nicely crafted historical drama with high marks for historical accuracy. Stacy Keach is wonderful as the captain, a tragic figure with biblically bad luck.


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