Run Silent Run Deep
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{Photos} Run Silent Run Deep (1958)
Run Silent Run Deep was filmed in cooperation with the United States Navy and aboard the US Redfish submarine. In between takes, Clark Gable apparently spent a great deal of time with the enlisted men onboard, eating meals with them. Burt Lancaster often didn’t join and limited himself to eating with the commanding officers. There are a batch of on the set photos from San Diego: Look at the look this guy is giving Clark:
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Movie of the Week: Run Silent Run Deep (1958)
This week it is Run Silent Run Deep (1958). Much like Somewhere I’ll Find You a few weeks ago, I realized when I sat down to watch this that I hadn’t seen it in a very long time and that I have only seen it twice. Reason being? I don’t much like it. It’s not that it’s bad movie, it’s certainly not. I suppose it is mainly that it is just not my cup of tea; I’ve actually never even formally reviewed it for the website. Clark Gable is Commander Richardson, a steel-willed Navy captain whose submarine is sunk by the Japanese early in World War II. After a year…
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Nutshell Reviews: Run Silent, Run Deep (1958) and Teacher’s Pet (1958)
In a Nutshell: Run Silent, Run Deep (1958) Directed by: Robert Wise Co-stars: Burt Lancaster, Don Rickles, Jack Warden Synopsis: Gable is Commander Richardson, a steel-willed Navy captain whose submarine is sunk by the Japanese early in World War II. After a year strapped behind a desk, he jumps at the opportunity to command another submarine–much to the chagrin of Lieutenant Bledsoe (Lancaster), who was set to take over the sub. The crew all sides with Bledsoe and resists Richardson’s authority. There is much uproar when the crew of the sub discovers that Richardson has gone off of their planned path to seek revenge on the Japanese sub that blew…