Title: Run Silent, Run Deep
Runtime: 93 Min
Year: 1958
Genres: War - Action - Drama
Cast: Clark Gable, Burt Lancaster, Jack Warden, Brad Dexter, Don Rickles, Nick Cravat, Joe Maross, Mary LaRoche, Eddie Foy III, Rudy Bond, Jimmy Bates, John Bryant, John Close, Wayne Dahmer, Rod Dana, Joel Fluellen, John Gibson, Ken Lynch
Directed By: Robert Wise
PLOT
The contrasting acting styles of Clark Gable and Burt Lancaster serve to increase the already high tension level of the WW2 drama Run Silent, Run Deep. Burt Lancaster plays submarine commander "Rich" Richardson, who assumes command of the USS Nerka. Because his previous sub was sunk by the Japanese under highly suspect circumstances, Richardson inspires nothing but animosity from his new crew. Particularly hostile is executive officer Lt. Jim Bledsoe (Burt Lancaster), who'd assumed that he was next in line to command the Nerka. Obsessed with tracking down the Japanese destroyer that sank his old sub, Richardson drives his crew mercilessly, and even disobeys direct orders from his own higher-ups. The Nerka manages to blast the Japanese vessel out of the waters, but in so doing the sub is placed in dire peril in enemy waters. In his desperate efforts to save the Nerka, Richardson at long last wins the respect of Bledsoe and the rest of the crew. Featured in the cast of Run Silent, Run Deep are Burt Lancaster's old circus partner Nick Cravat, and, in his unbilled movie debut, Don Rickles.
Country: U.S.A.
Language: English - Japanese
Writers: John Gay (screenplay), Edward L. Beach (novel)
Parental Advisory Certification: Brazil:12 (DVD rating) / USA:Approved / Norway:16 (1958) / USA:TV-PG / West Germany:12 (f) / Portugal:M/12 / Australia:PG / Finland:K-16 / Norway:15 / UK:U
Awards:
1959- Laurel Awards, USA (Golden Laurel)
-Top Cinematography - Black and White Russell Harlan (3rd place)
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