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Director:

Robert Iscove

Writer (WGA):

Alan Sharp (written by)

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Release Date:

29 September 1991 (USA) more

Genre:

Action | Drama | History | War more

Plot:

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. | add synopsis

User Comments:

New Book about the sinking! more (11 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Stacy Keach ... Capt. Charles Butler McVay
Richard Thomas ... Lieutenant Steven Scott
Steve Landesberg ... Lipscombe

Don Harvey ... Kinderman
Robert Cicchini ... D'Angelo

David Caruso ... Wilkes

Bob Gunton ... Chaplain

Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa ... Hashimoto

Jeffrey Nordling ... Tasker

Tim Guinee ... Dobson
Neil Giuntoli ... Goldstein

Gordon Clapp ... Elias
Joe Carberry ... Spilner

Dale Dye ... Major Green
Eddie Frias ... Cortes
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Mission of the Shark
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Runtime:

100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Mobile, Alabama, USA


Fun Stuff

Goofs:

Anachronisms: 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. more

Movie Connections:

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


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New Book about the sinking!, 22 September 2003
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Author: lordbowler from Schenectady, NY

I saw this film when it was first aired... Since then I have been interested in the story of the tragedy. This book has recently been published about the sinking, "In Harm's Way: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors" by Doug Stanton. I recommend this book to anyone who would like to know the complete story with the most current information. This will probably be the last book with new interviews from survivors as source material.

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