Run Silent Run Deep

In one underwater shot you can see the side of the water tank.

In one underwater shot looking up at a torpedo, the wires pulling it are visible.

In the first attack in the opening scenes the range to the target is given verbally as 1,500 yards.

The range to target on the TDC is shown a few seconds later as 4,400 yards.

Torpedo tubes on submarines are numbered odd on the port side and even on the starboard side.

When they fired #1 it comes out the starboard side from # 2 tube.

In fact, all the shots come out of the same tube.

In the opening shot on the Nerka, Mr.

Bledsoe is in the control room and exits through the door to the forward battery compartment.

In the next shot he is entering the after battery compartment which is the opposite way.

The Japanese destroyer classes "Akikaze" nor "Momo" do not exist.

The destroyer "Akikaze" was an old (1919) "Minekaze class" destroyer, and the "Momo" a "Matsu class".

but the first one of them was launched in 1944, a year after sinking it in the movie.

The action of the film takes place in 1943; but the song "It's Been a Long, Long Time" featured in one of the scenes was written and copyrighted by Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn in 1945.

Near the end of the film, Lancaster has confronted Gable.

When Gable faces the camera, his entire right arm is at his side.

When the camera is behind Gable, his right hand is on his hip.

Wires pulling torpedoes and submarines are visible in numerous underwater shots.

In several underwater scenes, the bottom of the tank the film is being shot in can be seen - it has a very flat, level bottom, and light can be seen reflected on it.

After the Japanese submarine is destroyed, the radar operator reports an aircraft contact on the SJ set.

The SJ was a surface-search radar, not an air-search (which was designated SD).

There's a black man on the sub, though in WWII the armed forces weren't yet fully integrated; however, black men did serve as mess cooks and stewards on submarines.

The depth gauge on the Japanese sub is identical to the one on the USS Nerka, only Japanese characters have been added.

In the early part of the film where Lancaster meets Gable where he's pruning a tree, in the background you see the same half dozen cars driving back and forth constantly.

Among the vehicles appears to be a '49 Buick convertible.

When Gable and Warden are playing sink "Bungo Pete" in Gable's office, a model battleship is on Gable's desk.

This was obviously a Revell kit, likely a model of the USS Missouri, that dates from the mid 50's.

The rope used to secure the hatch until repairs are made is too loose when Gable touches it.

It should be taut, like a fiddle string.

At the end where they are shoot under the decoy at the destroyer, from the destroyer's point of view the decoy has passed the destroyer and the torpedoes pass behind it, but from the sub's point of view, the decoy is still in between them and the torpedoes pass below it.

During the first torpedo attack on the way to the Bungo Suido, the attack setup is described as one freighter with one destroyer escort.

However, when the freighter is torpedoed, a third ship is visible in the shot.

After Bledsoe has explained to the crew that their orders would not take them to the Bungo Straits, he goes down a ladder.

The next shot shows him where he landed at the foot of the ladder, but the ladder itself has vanished.

Recently I saw the submarine movie, 'Phantom' and I liked it. This inspired me to look for more submarine movies and I stumbled on to this.

Edward L. Beach wrote this, the first of his 'Cmdr.

Robert Wise directed this compelling film starring Clark Gable as Commander Richardson, who has been desk-bound for a year after losing his previous command which was sunk by the Japanese in the Bongo Straits. He gets a second chance with a new submarine whose surviving Lt.

Films about submarine warfare have long been a popular sub-genre of the war film, possibly because their claustrophobic setting allows ample scope for psychological analysis and character development. There were a number produced during and in the years following World War II, such as this one or the British-made "Above Us the Waves", but there have also been more recent examples such as the German "Das Boot" (also about World War II) and "The Hunt for Red October", "Crimson Tide" and "K-19 The Widowmaker", all with a Cold War setting.

Well, first of all, the crew acts generally like little children with constant childish demeanor and jokes. Secondly, when Gable slaps the buttocks of the pin-up girl on the wall for luck, one is reminded of all the sexism and treating of women as playthings comes to mind.

Versatile Director Robert Wise is at the "Con" in this Highly Regarded Submarine Movie that was, Surprisingly, only a Moderate Box-Office Success.Starring Clark Gable and Burt Lancaster and a Solid Supporting Cast, the Movie is mostly Respected because of its Realistic Sub Setting and its Impressive Miniature Work.

RUN SILENT RUN DEEP 1958 Burt Lancaster and Clark Gable headline this film about obsession set on a submarine in World War 2. Clark Gable plays a submarine Captain who lost his boat to a Japanese destroyer in the Bungo Strait area separating the Japanese islands of Kyushu and Shikoku.

ALL:Before the 'Hunt for Red October' there was 'Run Silent, Run Deep'- a classic Hollywood drama about a WWII submarine and two Alpha male Navy officers vying for the control of their submarine and the loyalty of its crew. The film deviates from the book, although this fact does not detract from the movie.

I happen to love this film genre. When done well, it reaches a high level of tension and suspense.