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)
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.
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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