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A submarine commander is forced to blow up a Japanese ship with prisoners.A submarine commander is forced to blow up a Japanese ship with prisoners.A submarine commander is forced to blow up a Japanese ship with prisoners.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 nomination total
Kimberly Beck
- Dede Doyle
- (uncredited)
Rudy Bukich
- Sub Crewman
- (uncredited)
Oliver Cross
- Nightclub Patron
- (uncredited)
Howard Dayton
- Walker
- (uncredited)
Sam Edwards
- Coleman - Sub Radio Operator
- (uncredited)
Biff Elliot
- Lt. Paul Buckeye
- (uncredited)
Al Freeman Jr.
- Sam Baker
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaDuring the hostilities of WWII no American submarines ever entered Tokyo Bay. They did operate in the outer bay (Sagami Bay) but Tokyo Bay was too shallow and narrow to operate in. The average depth of Tokyo Bay is 130 feet which is insufficient for a submarine to safely operate in combat conditions. Periscope depth was approximately 60 feet. In the right conditions a submarine could be seen by aircraft even at that depth.
- GoofsTowards the end of the film, when the Grayfish is lying on the bottom, the captain urges the radioman to keep trying to contact the Bluefin (the other submarine) on the radio, and the radioman replies, "I'm broadcasting, sir," while he works his Morse Code key. The Bluefin eventually answers. Conventional radio signals will not penetrate underwater. However, the QC sonar onboard WWII submarines was set up so that it could be used in conjunction with a straight key for Morse Code sonar pulses for emergency communication, so the scene depicted is plausible.
- Quotes
Lt. Jake 'Fuzz' Foley: [standing waist-deep in freezing Aleutian water] Have you ever felt anything this cold?
Lt. Redley: Oh, yes... Brighton in August.
- Crazy creditsOpening credits prologue: SOUTH PACIFIC 1942
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Decent enough, fairly early, genre movie.
The movie has a pretty interesting approach for '50's standards, by inserting lots of flashback sequences, with the home-front, that however also happen to be incredibly sappy. It does at parts make the movie a melodramatic one.
Submarine movies just never have been any of the best or most exciting, action packed movies because of their restraints, with a couple of well known exceptions of course. The movie has a good beginning but as it heads toward the ending the movie starts to drag and become less interesting, when the movie becomes more personal and gets filled with some more emotional aspects.
It even manages to put in a personal and family dramatic main plot-line in the movie. What an accomplishment for a submarine movie! Yes, it helps to make the movie more original and less formulaic but it also of course isn't the most interesting approach thinkable, especially not since it gets stretched out for the movie its entire duration.
The miniature effects were pretty good looking. I mean I have seen far worse, even from movies that were made much later. Although they are hard from convincing by todays standards of course.
Glenn Ford was a great choice for the main lead, as the tough looking but sensitive commander. Ernest Borgnine forms a good duo with him, as the submarine's lieutenant. The rest of the character remain mostly in the back.
A decent enough genre attempt.
7/10
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Submarine movies just never have been any of the best or most exciting, action packed movies because of their restraints, with a couple of well known exceptions of course. The movie has a good beginning but as it heads toward the ending the movie starts to drag and become less interesting, when the movie becomes more personal and gets filled with some more emotional aspects.
It even manages to put in a personal and family dramatic main plot-line in the movie. What an accomplishment for a submarine movie! Yes, it helps to make the movie more original and less formulaic but it also of course isn't the most interesting approach thinkable, especially not since it gets stretched out for the movie its entire duration.
The miniature effects were pretty good looking. I mean I have seen far worse, even from movies that were made much later. Although they are hard from convincing by todays standards of course.
Glenn Ford was a great choice for the main lead, as the tough looking but sensitive commander. Ernest Borgnine forms a good duo with him, as the submarine's lieutenant. The rest of the character remain mostly in the back.
A decent enough genre attempt.
7/10
http://bobafett1138.blogspot.com/
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- Hell Below
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- $1,500,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 38 minutes
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- 2.35 : 1
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