Run Silent Run Deep (1958)

Director:

Robert Wise

Writers:

John Gay (screenplay)
Edward L. Beach (novel)

Release Date:

27 marzo 1958 (USA)

Genre:

War | Action | Drama

Frase comercial:

Gable and Lancaster make the seas boil in the battle adventure that hits like a torpedo!

Plot:

A U.S. sub commander, obsessed with sinking a certain Japanese ship, butts heads with his first officer and crew.

Plot Keywords:

Captain Tyrannical | Naval Battle | 1940s | War | Navy

Awards:

1 win

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Gable and Lancaster on a collision course with the Imperial Japanese Navy during WWII. Superb

Cast

Clark Gable	...	Cmdr. 'Rich' Richardson
Burt Lancaster	...	Lt. Jim Bledsoe
Jack Warden	...	Yeoman 1st Class Mueller
Brad Dexter	...	Ens. Gerald Cartwright
Don Rickles	...	Petty Officer 1st Class Ruby
Nick Cravat	...	Russo
Joe Maross	...	Chief Kohler
Mary LaRoche	...	Laura Richardson
Eddie Foy III	...	Larto
Rudy Bond	...	Petty Officer 1st Class Cullen

También conocida como:

Run Silent, Run Deep (USA) (poster title)
Colosos del mar (Chile) [es]
Torpedo (Spain) [es]

Duración:

93 min | Germany:88 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

English | Japanese

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Clasificación:

West Germany:12 (f) | USA:TV-PG | USA:Approved | Brazil:12 (DVD rating) | Norway:16 (1958) | Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | Norway:15 | UK:U

Filming Locations:

Imperial County, California, USA

Company:

Hill-Hecht-Lancaster Productions

Trivialidades:

Frank Gorshin was originally due to test for the role of Officer Ruby but refused to fly to the testing. Instead he drove and was involved in an accident, leaving him with a fractured skull. After 4 days in hospital he awoke to find the role had been given to Don Rickles.

Goofs:

Continuity: Every time we see the Nurka fire a torpedo, regardless of whether the order was "fire one," "fire two," or even "fire five" or "fire six," the torpedo is always seen leaving exactly the same tube.

Quotes:

Yeoman 1st Class Mueller: Ensign Cartwright, with all due respect to your rank, may I say I think you're an ass?

Movie Connections:

Featured in Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project (2007)

Gable and Lancaster on a collision course with the Imperial Japanese Navy during WWII. Superb

"Run Silent, Run Deep" featured the only pairing of two screen giants-Clark Gable, in the twilight of his career, and Burt Lancaster, whose best performances were still ahead of him. Sad to say that they couldn't be used in a joint effort again, as the on-screen chemistry was on a supreme height.

Gable plays the commander of a WWII submarine that has recently been sunk in an ara referred to as the Bunko Straits, or Area 7. He has been assigned to a desk job back at Pearl Harbor, and even after a year, is still brooding over the loss of his crew and his boat. Lancaster has a good part, that of the Executive Officer of a sub called the USS Nerka. This boat has just had a command change, Lancaster desires that position, but is passed over in favor of Gable, who senses a chance to return to the Straits and extract revenge on the Japanese destroyer which he feels certain sank his old command. The clash between the two men is obvious, but they put their personal differences behind them, and head for a long lasting combat mission, which against orders, will include Gable's return visit to the forbidden area 7 of the Bunko Straits.

Besides the pairing of two of Hollywood's screen legends, the film features the realism of using an actual ship of the line, the USS Redfish, for many of the shots. Also, the viewer has a chance to feel a part of the underwater tensions and claustrophobic conditions that submariners experienced during times of combat underwater. A must-see, or even better, a must buy film for those that enjoy films of this genre.