A U.S. submarine commander, obsessed with sinking a particular Japanese ship, butts heads with his first officer and crew.A U.S. submarine commander, obsessed with sinking a particular Japanese ship, butts heads with his first officer and crew.A U.S. submarine commander, obsessed with sinking a particular Japanese ship, butts heads with his first officer and crew.
- Awards
- 1 nomination
- Jessie
- (uncredited)
- Carl Beckman
- (uncredited)
- Co-ordinate Fixer at Bungo Straits
- (uncredited)
- Bragg
- (uncredited)
- Capt. Blunt
- (uncredited)
- Japanese sailor
- (uncredited)
- Minor Role
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaClark Gable was ill during filming, and his head violently shakes in several scenes. It is believed his shaking was caused by his chronic alcoholism and smoking four packs of cigarettes a day, although there were rumors he had Parkinson's disease.
- GoofsA depth charge is seen rolling off the sub's deck and exploding directly under the keel. And later, three depth charges explode one after the other, all around the stern of the boat. A depth charge exploding that close under the middle of the keel would have broken the sub's back and sent it to the bottom, let alone three close in nearly simultaneous detonations. These images were meant to build tension, but are totally unrealistic.
- Quotes
[last lines]
Lt. Jim Bledsoe: [presiding at a funeral on his submarine] It's thirty-eight days now since we left Pearl Harbor. I know how some of us felt then; I think I know how some of us feel now. But let no one here, no one aboard this boat, ever say we didn't have a captain.
[as the body is buried at sea, he reads these remarks]
Lt. Jim Bledsoe: Unto almighty God we commend the soul of our shipmate departed. And we commit his body to the deep, in the sure and certain hope of the resurrection unto eternal life, when the sea shall give up her dead in the life of the world to come.
- Crazy creditsNot sure why Bungo Straits is cited as a crazy credit. The Bungo Suido (translates to Bungo Straits) is the waterway between Kyushu and Shikoku.
- ConnectionsEdited into Catalogue of Ships (2008)
Clark Gable has been desk bound for a year after losing his submarine in the Bungo Strait in Japanese waters. He hears of another submarine coming into Pearl Harbor with a wounded captain who will be on medical leave. So with a little back channel influence playing naval politics, Gable gets command of the U.S.S. Nerka.
He inherits a resentful crew and an executive officer in Burt Lancaster who thinks he should have inherited the job. Gable's going back to the Bungo Stratis to nail the Japanese battleship that sank his former submarine and it's against orders.
The conflict already existing between Gable and Lancaster and the one some in the crew would like to make is what gives the film its spark. Though this is a submarine film, you can see plot elements of Flying Leathernecks and The Caine Mutiny here. Brad Dexter is in the Fred MacMurray role.
If Humphrey Bogart on the Caine had had at least one confidant on board he might not have cracked up. Gable's confidante on the Nerka is Jack Warden who is desk bound with him and transferred with him to the Nerka when Gable got command. Both Warden and Dexter are the best in a good supporting cast.
By the way what Gable is drilling his men in doing is shooting with precise speed and accuracy into the bow of an oncoming enemy ship and then diving for cover in split seconds. Quite a maneuver.
And quite a good film as well.
- bkoganbing
- Dec 20, 2005
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- Also known as
- Run Silent, Run Deep
- Filming locations
- Salton Sea, California, USA(battle scenes using miniatures and models)
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- Runtime1 hour 33 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1