Run Silent, Run Deep is a war film released in 1958 based on the 1955 novel by then-Commander Edward L. Beach, Jr.. The movie was directed by Robert Wise and it starred Clark Gable, Burt Lancaster, and Jack Warden. It also featured the movie debut of Don Rickles. The film depicts the grim reality of WW II submarine warfare as well as exploring the themes of vengeance, endurance, courage, loyalty, and honor, and how these can be tested in time of ...
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Run Silent, Run Deep is a war film released in 1958 based on the 1955 novel by then-Commander Edward L. Beach, Jr.. The movie was directed by Robert Wise and it starred Clark Gable, Burt Lancaster, and Jack Warden. It also featured the movie debut of Don Rickles. The film depicts the grim reality of WW II submarine warfare as well as exploring the themes of vengeance, endurance, courage, loyalty, and honor, and how these can be tested in time of war. It is considered one of the great war action films of its genre.
The WW II U.S. Navy submarine commander P.J. Richardson, (Clark Gable) has an obsession with the Japanese destroyer that sank his previous boat and three others. He convinces the navy board to give him a new sub command with the provision that his exec be someone who has just returned from active sea patrol. He is single-mindedly training the crew of his new boat, the USS Nerka, to return to the Bungo Straits and sink the destroyer, captained by the crafty ex-submariner, now...
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