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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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This is not such a successful movie. Glenn Ford is solid as always and Ernest Borgnine delivers a serviceable performance, but the problem is the script and direction. The story is on the sluggish side and after the midway point you don't have a sense of enough really at stake. The flashbacks to civilian life also take the audience out of the war story in a way that releases any built-up tension. Then the movie has to start all over.
The effects are also not terribly good, even by 1958 standards. Too many model shots of ships, and the interior of the sub really does feel like a studio set, especially due to the lighting design.
One thing that is especially interesting about TORPEDO RUN is a sub evacuation sequence in which the seamen exit the submarine at the floor of the ocean using Momsen-lungs, special breathing devices. These devices are very rarely shown in submarine movies.
A much, much better sub movie was released a few months before this one: RUN SILENT, RUN DEEP.
The effects are also not terribly good, even by 1958 standards. Too many model shots of ships, and the interior of the sub really does feel like a studio set, especially due to the lighting design.
One thing that is especially interesting about TORPEDO RUN is a sub evacuation sequence in which the seamen exit the submarine at the floor of the ocean using Momsen-lungs, special breathing devices. These devices are very rarely shown in submarine movies.
A much, much better sub movie was released a few months before this one: RUN SILENT, RUN DEEP.
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- Mar 3, 2001
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- Hell Below
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- $1,500,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 38 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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