Torpedo Run

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Torpedo Run

Released Oct 24, 1958

1h 38m

War

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Lieutenant Commander Barney Doyle is in charge of the submarine whose task it is to destroy the Shinaru, the Japanese aircraft carrier which launched the attack on Pearl Harbor. Doyle undertakes this mission, despite the fact that there is a transport in the way which is carrying his wife and child, captured by the enemy and being used as a shield to protect their vessel.

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David Nusair

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...a sporadically compelling yet mostly underwhelming war picture...

Rated: 2/4

Dec 12, 2021

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Dennis Schwartz

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A well-crafted submarine psychological thriller, from a novel by Richard Sale.

Rated: C+

Jan 1, 2000

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Good action, good simulation (for 1958), fair plot. Still not sure why he did not set the torpedoes to run deeper and go under the transport to hit the carrier... may not have worked but if it would have, then, of course then no plot!

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/26/23

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Torpedo Run holds up better better than most old submarine movies and appears to be technically more accurate than most. It's not up to the standard of Das Boot, but definitely worth watching.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/19/23

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One of the great submarine movies!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/27/23

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Not the greatest of it's genre as it doesn't explore too well Glenn Ford's dilemma and psyche, but as an action drama it does tick the box.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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wow umnn just seen this movie 4 the 1st time n think that this is a good movie 2 watch....its got a good cast of actors/actressess throughout this movie....i think that glenn ford, ernest borgnine, diane brewster play good roles/parts throughout this movie....i think that the director of this drama/war/action/adventure movie had done a good job of directing this movie because you never know what 2 expect throughout this movie its a brilliant war movie n its a good story throughout this movie n its enjoyable

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Mediocre WWII submarine film that's made entertaining by the presence of Glenn Ford and Ernest Borgnine. Not available on DVD but TCM showed an nice widescreen version of the film on cable. Rock on TCM!

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

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Joseph Pevney

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Glenn Ford

Lt. Cmdr. Barney Doyle

Ernest Borgnine

Lt. Archer `'Archie'` Sloan

Diane Brewster

Jane Doyle

Dean Jones

Lt. Jake `'Fuzz'` Foley

L.Q. Jones

`'Hash'` Benson

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Synopsis

Lieutenant Commander Barney Doyle is in charge of the submarine whose task it is to destroy the Shinaru, the Japanese aircraft carrier which launched the attack on Pearl Harbor. Doyle undertakes this mission, despite the fact that there is a transport in the way which is carrying his wife and child, captured by the enemy and being used as a shield to protect their vessel.

Director: Joseph Pevney
Producer: Edmund Grainger
Screenwriter: Richard Sale, William Wister Haines
Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Co: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Genre: War
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 24, 1958, Original
Release Date (Streaming): May 7, 2017
Runtime: 1h 38m

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