Run Silent, Run Deep

Mar 27, 1958

1h 33m

★ 6.9

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

Overview

The captain of a submarine sunk by the Japanese during WWII is finally given a chance to skipper another sub after a year of working a desk job. His singleminded determination for revenge against the destroyer that sunk his previous vessel puts his new crew in unneccessary danger.

Genres

Drama

War

Production Companies

Jeffrey Pictures Corp.

Hill-Hecht-Lancaster Productions

United Artists

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Cast

Cmdr. Richardson

Clark Gable

Lt. Jim Bledsoe

Burt Lancaster

Yeoman 1st Class Mueller

Jack Warden

Cartwright

Brad Dexter

Quartermaster 1st Class Ruby

Don Rickles

Russo

Nick Cravat

Kohler

Joe Maross

Laura Richardson

Mary LaRoche

Larto

Eddie Foy III

Sonarman 1st Class Cullen

Rudy Bond

Jessie (uncredited)

Jimmy Bates

Bragg (uncredited)

Joel Fluellen

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