Movie
Run Silent, Run Deep
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1958-03-27
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Genres
- Drama, War
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Jeffrey Pictures Corp., Hill-Hecht-Lancaster Productions, United Artists
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Clark Gable as Cmdr. Richardson
- Burt Lancaster as Lt. Jim Bledsoe
- Jack Warden as Yeoman 1st Class Mueller
- Brad Dexter as Cartwright
- Don Rickles as Quartermaster 1st Class Ruby
- Nick Cravat as Russo
- Joe Maross as Kohler
- Mary LaRoche as Laura Richardson
- Eddie Foy III as Larto
- Rudy Bond as Sonarman 1st Class Cullen
- Jimmy Bates as Jessie (uncredited)
- Joel Fluellen as Bragg (uncredited)
Crew
- Robert Wise - Director
- John Gay - Screenplay
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