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Rewind, Review, and Re-rate: ‘Run Silent Run Deep’

Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2022 12:04 am
by claireokc
Approved | 1h 33min | Action, Drama, War | 1958 Clark Gable and Burt Lancaster star in “Run Silent Run Deep.” (United Artists) Plenty of submarine movies involve the men onboard coming into conflict with one another. When you put a large crew into a cramped, congested space and away from home for months on end, there are bound to be squabbles and flare-ups. It’s one of the reasons I joined the Army instead of the Navy: I had mild claustrophobia and didn’t want to take a chance of being assigned to a sub. In fact, a number of these submarine films depict the clash of wills between a sub’s commander and his second in command, the executive officer. If there’s one film that set the standard for this, it would have to be 1958’s World War II submarine film, “Run Silent, Run Deep.” ...

Source: https://www.theepochtimes.com/rewind-re ... 26030.html