Starring: Clark Gable, Burt Lancaster, Jack Warden, Brad Dexter, Don Rickles Directed By: Robert Wise Average Rating: Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC Label: MGM (Video & DVD) Number of Items: 1 Region Code: 1 Release Date: May 18, 1999 Running Time: 93 minutes Theatrical Release Date: March 27, 1958
Description: "Rich" Richardson (Clark Gable) is a hard-driving, dedicated submarine officer with a single-mindedpurposeto seek out and smash the Japanese destroyer he believes sank his former ship. Given a new command, Richardson drills his men to the point of mutiny as he relentlessly trains them for the battle ahead. At last, word comes of the destroyer's position, and, disobeying orders, Richardson finally confronts his foe, unaware that an even greater enemy lurks nearby...one who's been targeting him for a watery grave. Co-starring Burt Lancaster as Gable's executive officer, this gripping WWII adventure-thriller set a new standard for submarine pictures. "Severely, nail-bitingly tense" (The New York Times), Run Silent, Run Deep is the most exciting film about the "silent service" ever made.
Amazon.com: A movie's lasting value can often be measured by its influence in the years and decades following its original release, and on that basis Run Silent, Run Deep is certainly a classic of sorts. It remains one of the seminal World War II submarine pictures, and its intelligent script and tautly executed action are clearly echoed in such later submarine dramas as Das Boot and especially Crimson Tide, which borrows liberally from this 1958 film.
In one of his best and final roles (he appeared in only four films after this), Clark Gable plays a submarine captain without a command, having been saddled with a desk job after his previous ship was destroyed due to his overzealous pursuit of the enemy in dangerous Japanese waters. He finally gets another boat--this time with a vigilant first officer (Burt Lancaster), who stands poised to assume command if Gable puts his crew in unnecessary danger. The tension and mutual respect between these two principled men is superbly written and directed (Robert Wise was just two years away from his triumph with West Side Story), and the crucial inclusion of a strong supporting cast (including Jack Warden and Don Rickles) enhances the movie's compelling authenticity. Based on a novel by former submarine commander Edward L. Beach, Run Silent, Run Deep is rousing entertainment with the added benefit of paying honorable tribute to the men who navigated through the most frightening and claustrophobic channels of the Pacific theater. --Jeff Shannon
GREAT MOVIE!! My family and i really enjoyed this movie. I know you've heard it; "they don't make them like that anymore". These were truly the greatest generation. Oh yea, and thank you Amazon for carrying it and shiping it so fast.
"Silent, But Deadly" One of the most suspensfully intense movies ever made. Gable and Lancaster are perfect in their roles, and there is a great supporting cast. The eerie sounds of the sonar equipment and the feeling of claustrophobia in the interior of the submarine add to the intensity. If you have never seen this great WWII flick, you should add it to your viewing plans.
Look to the seas and look back to the good old days When you look at 1958's RUN SILENT, RUN DEEP directed by Robert Wise you can see the intellect, craftsmanship and most importantly the emotionally charged energy that went into the making of this film. Director Robert Wise was always the consummate professional consistently delivering a solid, engrossing and entertaining motion picture. Robert Wise was a director with no discernible directorial style yet he took whatever the budget would allow and he always delivered a solid film time after time. I believe his background as a film editor gave him a very dynamic approach of taking all the elements that go into a film and he had the cohesive ability to meld these into a singular piece of a highly visual and often memorable piece of cinematic art. RUN SILENT, RUN DEEP is a fine example of this. I saw this film when I was just a little kid yet the visuals remain in my memory as clear as when I first saw it. Jack Warden's everyman performance mirroring the sentiments of the viewer and Clark Gable's apparent obsessive nature as the Captain who is troubled by a subliminal realization that he just can't bring to the surface are so memorable. " We are in the Bungo Straits."
An aging legend and a new generations star It's interesting to note that at 6'1'' and 6'2'' Clark Gable and Burt Lancaster would have been too tall for submarine duty in WWII. Watch the scene on board the sub in the confines of the captains cabin. Its a credit to Lancaster that when Gable erupts from his desk and shoves his face into Burts that Lancaster stands his ground. Even though he was not a man who was easily intimidated on screen or off, It wasnt easy with some one as forceful as The King. The powerful personalities of these two Hollywood superstars propel this classic war drama.
true to the times I saw this movie the first time with my father in the theater a long time ago when it was released. I saw it the second time yesterday on this DVD. I suppose I've changed a bit.
The movie is foolish and implausible. It's full of trite stereotypes of enlisted men ( fools, morons, etc ). It's sexist ( pat the butt etc ). I don't discern that it's racist except that it's about white americans against asians ( yes there was a black or two on the US sub.....didn't know this level of integration existed in WW2 ).
Our hero captain survives the implosion by depth charge of his sub while running DEEP. How he makes it to the surface, survives there, and is rescued isn't shown.
Everytime the willy Japanese are about to be shown onscreen we hear some pseudo oriental music.....they are kinda winning but , of course, our hero beats them at their own game 'cause he's the good guy.
The interior shots of the american sub are entertaining....lots of close ups on what I suppose are complicated analog computers that calculate range etc.
If you want to see an identical period piece...a near clone of this movie buy and watch the much better "Forbidden Planet". Saw that with my father too when it came out in, I think, '56. Same sexism, same classism but even more virulent. The enlisted men on the spacecraft are perfect dunces in most respects. Even the officers behave like billygoats in rut.
Ah, the fifites. That generation fought a really nasty world war and when they came home they wanted simply to see certain things about it and wanted to avoid other things. Did I mention I hate background music in war movies?
The movie is worth watching purely as a time capsule from a much different time. As for teaching anything actual about what happened in WW2 submarine warfare I am not so sure. I have to hand it to those guys though. Living through the opening scenes really shows what men were made of back then.....first your sub implodes at 300 feet , then you die, then you arrive at the surface clinging to floating debris, then you are rescued off camera prior to dying of exposure, sharks, or dehydration.
But , then, this movie is not about realism. It's about us winning and them losing in a fully orchestrated morality play.
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