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Release Date: 14 August, 2001 Retail Price: $14.98 OUR Price: $12.99 You SAVE: $1.99! Cast: Complete Cast (10 total) |
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One of the great submarine movies
This is a splendid film (1958, black and white, 93 minutes) about the battle of wills between two American naval officers waging submarine warfare against Japan in 1943. It is masterfully directed by Robert Wise, with an intelligent screenplay, fine production values, and first-rate cinematography. It takes place almost entirely aboard one submarine. Gable and Lancaster are both at the top of their form, both convincing as experienced, strong-willed submarine commanders. Indeed, the mature Gable gives one of his best performances (he was not far from the end of his long career, and his life) as the captain who wangles command with a mission of his own in mind. Lancaster is excellent as the unwilling executive officer who begins by resenting his new captain, later locks horns with him, convinced he is dead wrong, to the point of wresting command from him, and finally comes to fall in with his plan and admire him. Top-notch ensemble performances from the crew. The action is exciting, believable, and superbly paced, and just when you think the conflict is over, the battle won, it's not. One of the best, most enjoyable films about men at war in World War II, and one of the great submarine movies.
Captivating Battle of Wills and Wits
RUN SILENT, RUN DEEP is a tense WWII submarine drama comprised of Clark Gable (Commander Richardson) battling wits against an unseen Japanese enemy in his obsessive determination to destroy the vessel responsible for sinking his previous sub and responsible for the loss of his command. Clark Gable's determination leads him to vie for a new command and in doing so obtains the go-ahead to take command away from Burt Lancaster's sub. Keeping Lancaster on, as his executive officer, and the rest of Lancaster's crew aboard, Gable leads the submarine back to the Bonsai Straits to take on the enemy. Strong-willed Lancaster (Lieutenant Jim Bledsoe) and Gable battle each other every step of the way as the submarine and crew undergo relentless grueling practice drills for a tactic Gable is keeping secret to himself. Director Robert Wise brilliantly addresses themes concerning loyalty, respect, camaraderie and redemption for the characters aboard from John Gay's script based on Commander Edward L. Beach's novel. The veteran cast includes Jack Warden, Brad Dexter and Don Rickles. Veteran Special Effects man, A. Arnold Gillespie (THIRTY SECONDS OVER TOKYO, FORBIDDEN PLANET) designed some very effective and ominous looking Japanese naval vessels adding to the atmosphere of this lurking enemy that haunts Gable. As this film intensifies to its conclusion Robert Wise builds the tension and suspense of Gable's obsession matched against the crews suspicions that perhaps their Captain has gone mad. Only Lancaster gradually recognizes the force that drives Gable and his risky plan to outwit the Japanese. This is a very good war film exploring what drives and haunts men in command and examines what tests their effectiveness and resourcefulness as leaders.
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