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Torpedo Run

  • 19581958
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 38m
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6.4/10
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Ernest Borgnine, Glenn Ford, and Diane Brewster in Torpedo Run (1958)
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A submarine commander is forced to blow up a Japanese ship with prisoners.A submarine commander is forced to blow up a Japanese ship with prisoners.A submarine commander is forced to blow up a Japanese ship with prisoners.
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
2.2K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
46,042
5,658
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    • Director
      • Joseph Pevney
    • Writers
      • Richard Sale(screenplay)
      • William Wister Haines(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Glenn Ford
      • Ernest Borgnine
      • Diane Brewster
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Joseph Pevney
    • Writers
      • Richard Sale(screenplay)
      • William Wister Haines(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Glenn Ford
      • Ernest Borgnine
      • Diane Brewster
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    • 37User reviews
    • 13Critic reviews
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    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 1 nomination total

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    Ernest Borgnine and Glenn Ford in Torpedo Run (1958)
    Glenn Ford and Diane Brewster in Torpedo Run (1958)
    Glenn Ford, Diane Brewster, and Dean Jones in Torpedo Run (1958)
    Ernest Borgnine, Glenn Ford, Dean Jones, and Paul Picerni in Torpedo Run (1958)
    Ernest Borgnine, Glenn Ford, and Diane Brewster in Torpedo Run (1958)
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    Glenn Ford
    Glenn Ford
    • Lt. Cmdr. Barney Doyle
    Ernest Borgnine
    Ernest Borgnine
    • Lt. Archer 'Archie' Sloan
    Diane Brewster
    Diane Brewster
    • Jane Doyle
    Dean Jones
    Dean Jones
    • Lt. Jake 'Fuzz' Foley
    L.Q. Jones
    L.Q. Jones
    • 'Hash' Benson
    Philip Ober
    Philip Ober
    • Adm. Samuel Setton
    Richard Carlyle
    Richard Carlyle
    • Cmdr. Don Adams
    Fredd Wayne
    Fredd Wayne
    • Orville 'Goldy' Goldstein
    Don Keefer
    Don Keefer
    • Ens. Ron Milligan
    Robert Hardy
    Robert Hardy
    • Lt. Redley
    Paul Picerni
    Paul Picerni
    • Lt. Burt Fisher
    Kimberly Beck
    Kimberly Beck
    • Dede Doyle
    • (uncredited)
    Rudy Bukich
    • Sub Crewman
    • (uncredited)
    Oliver Cross
    • Nightclub Patron
    • (uncredited)
    Howard Dayton
    • Walker
    • (uncredited)
    Sam Edwards
    Sam Edwards
    • Coleman - Sub Radio Operator
    • (uncredited)
    Biff Elliot
    Biff Elliot
    • Lt. Paul Buckeye
    • (uncredited)
    Al Freeman Jr.
    Al Freeman Jr.
    • Sam Baker
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Joseph Pevney
    • Writers
      • Richard Sale(screenplay) (stories)
      • William Wister Haines(screenplay)
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Archer 'Archie' Sloan's name is a likely reference to the U.S.S. Archerfish, which in 1944 sank the Japanese super-carrier Shinano, the largest warship ever sunk by a submarine.
    • Goofs
      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. However, the QC sonar onboard WWII submarines was set up so that it could be used in conjunction with a straight key for Morse Code sonar pulses for emergency communication, so the scene depicted is plausible.
    • Quotes

      Lt. Jake 'Fuzz' Foley: [standing waist-deep in freezing Aleutian water] Have you ever felt anything this cold?

      Lt. Redley: Oh, yes... Brighton in August.

    • Crazy credits
      Opening credits prologue: SOUTH PACIFIC 1942

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    Top review
    6/10
    Suspenseful WWII sea epic in which an American submarine chases a Japanese aircraft carrier
    In 1942, the commander of the submarine USS Grayfish, Barney Doyle (Glenn Ford) commands a motley crew such as : Lt. Jake 'Fuzz' Foley (Dean Jones) , 'Hash' Benson (L.Q. Jones) , Lt. Redley (Robert Hardy) , Lt. Burt Fisher (Paul Picerni) and especially the second-in command Lt. Archer 'Archie' Sloan (Ernest Borgnine) with whom Barney has a special relationship . Doyle is a stiff captain who plans to sink a Japanese carrier . As their main target is the Japanese aircraft Akagi, which led the attack on Pearl Harbor. But there is a freighter in the way , and on board are his wife and child . Doyle is tormented by the fact that his spouse and baby daughter were taken prisoner when the Japanese invaded the Philippines and he has no word from them for almost 10 months . They're really prisoners of the Japs and whom we have grown to love in flashbacks . Shortly after , Barney is overjoyed when reliable sources confirm that they are alive . There was good reason for the Japanese to let him know however : all of the civilians are being transported to Japan . At the end takes place the confrontation and square off in the Pacific Ocean and Tokyo bay .

    Standards submarine melodramatics about an US submarine that must torpedo a Japanese carrier which holds some of the crews family members . Glenn Ford gives a good acting as an able ship's captain well respected by his men and effective at sea , who pursues the ship that led the attack on Pear Harbour back Tokyo . Although the film relies heavily on the deep relationship between Lt. Cmdr. Barney Doyle/Glenn Ford and Lt. Archer 'Archie' Sloan/Ernest Borgnine . This nail-biter is a tightly-knit drama centered on the relentless sea maneuvers of a sub going after a carrier and vice versa . Sometimes slow , generally worthwhile watching . As a main premise results to be an engaging issue : a ship transporting his family is acting as a shield for the Akagi carrier forcing Doyle to make a terrible decision, as his country comes first and he blows the freighter out of water . The film is known as one of the most famous WWII submarine movies, though some scenes at sea, however, suffer from the utilization of obvious models in a just as obvious studio tank . Secondary cast is frankly good such as : Diane Brewster, Dean Jones , L.Q. Jones , Philip Ober , Richard Carlyle and Robert Hardy . George J. Folsey's colorful and vivid cinematography , including spectacular maritime scenes , set in the Pacific Ocean of World War II ; in fact , this movie's ocean scenes were filmed in the Pacific Ocean. .¨Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1958) wishes to thank the Department of Defense and the United States Navy for their assistance in the production of this motion picture."

    The motion picture was professionally directed by Joseph Pevney who also made other WWII films as ¨Away all boats¨. Pevney shot all kinds of genres as Comedy , Film Noir , Mystery , Drama , such as : ¨Who is the black Dahilia ?¨, ¨The strange door¨, ¨Man of a thousand faces¨, ¨Mysterious Island of beautiful women¨, ¨Cash McCall¨, ¨Tammy and the bachelor¨, ¨Istanbul¨, ¨Because of you¨ and Westerns as ¨Night of Grizzly¨ .



    This ¨Torpedo run¨ represents one of a select group of a few World War II submarine movies which have won the one single Academy Award in a technical category, that's just only the one Oscar in either special effects or sound editing. These movies include ¨Crash Dive¨ ; ¨Enemy below ¨(57) by Dick Powell with Curt Jurgens, Robert Mitchum , and ¨U-571¨. The non-WW II sub-movie, ¨The Hunt for Red October¨ also won just the one Oscar as did the WW 2 part sub-movie 49th Parallel , but for Best Original Story . Furthermore , other important films about submarine are ¨Run Silent Run Deep¨, ¨Crimson tide¨ by Tony Scott with Denzel Washington and Gene Hackman; ¨K19¨ with Harrison Ford and Liam Neeson and the best ¨Das Boot¨ (1982) by Wolfgang Petersen with Jurgen Prochnow .
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    • Release date
      • January 11, 1959 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Hell Below
    • Filming locations
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
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    • Budget
      • $1,500,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 38 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • 4-Track Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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