Crash Dive

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Crash Dive

Released Apr 28, 1943

1h 45m

War

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German submarines are targeting Allied vessels in the Atlantic, and in the midst of the fighting, a pair of American Naval officers might be embarking on a very different kind of collision course. After a chance meeting, Lt. Ward Stewart (Tyrone Power) has fallen for Jean Hewlett (Anne Baxter), a New England teacher who happens to have the eye of Ward's Navy boss, Lt. Cmdr. Dewey Connors (Dana Andrews). But love will have to wait while the men work to help win World War II.

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Emanuel Levy

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The romantic subplot of this WWII melodrama, Tyrone Power's last film before going to war, is weak, but the action sequences (in color) are good.

Rated: C+

Jul 12, 2011

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Bob Bloom

Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

typical WWII drama, a rousing propaganda tool.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 18, 2006

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

Both the romance and the war scenes lacked any sense of reality, though everything was well-crafted.

Rated: C

Mar 6, 2004

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Angelo C

Great actors, with cool war sequences. Love Tyrone Powers and Dana Andrew's!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/09/24

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steve d

Nothing you haven't seen 100 times before.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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jeff h

Great Sunday arvo movie.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

This is one of my favorite classics and why is it getting so much hate? This movie is very exciting and leaves you on the edge of your seat!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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'Crash Dive' is an entertaining war film with a nice cast. This may be one of the earliest war romances of two guys after the same girl. Whether the target is an enemy ship or their common love interest, Tyrone Power's character always goes straight for the kill, and Dana Andrews' character tries to think a couple of moves ahead. Both of them are quite believable and watchable in those roles: Power's charm is obvious, and Andrews has a way of being outwardly undemonstrative but somehow putting across the impression of a lot going on inside... Two gobs and a girl--One expects of a submarine film that the drama will come from claustrophobia, that these two men will come to know that they're both after the same woman, and immediately afterwards they're going to be sealed into a metal box and put under the sea. This isn't really the case: the claustrophobia is never very sustained, there's nothing particularly submariney about the movie... " Loving a woman during any war is standard fare for a soldier"!!

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

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Audience Member

another WWII pic made during WWII my faves they had a certain urgency to them since they didn't know the outcome of the war.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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Archie Mayo

Director

Tyrone Power

Lt. Ward Stewart

Anne Baxter

Jean Hewlett

Dana Andrews

Lt. Cmdr. Dewey Connors

James Gleason

Chief Mike "Mac" McDonnell

Dame May Whitty

Grandmother

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Synopsis

German submarines are targeting Allied vessels in the Atlantic, and in the midst of the fighting, a pair of American Naval officers might be embarking on a very different kind of collision course. After a chance meeting, Lt. Ward Stewart (Tyrone Power) has fallen for Jean Hewlett (Anne Baxter), a New England teacher who happens to have the eye of Ward's Navy boss, Lt. Cmdr. Dewey Connors (Dana Andrews). But love will have to wait while the men work to help win World War II.

Director: Archie Mayo
Screenwriter: Jo Swerling
Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Production Co: Twentieth Century Fox
Genre: War
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 28, 1943, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 28, 2014
Runtime: 1h 45m

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