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Released Mar 4, 1959

1h 51m

War

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A by-the-book submarine commander (Edmond O'Brien) must drop off and wait for a Navy frogman (James Garner) on a World War II mission.

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Dennis Schwartz

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Standard B movie directed with care by the always reliable Gordon Douglas.

Rated: B-

May 29, 2011

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David Nusair

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...strangely uninvolving throughout its 111 minutes.

Rated: 2/4

Jan 24, 2007

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Tom m

Pretty standard war yarn for the period. Maybe not Run Silent, Run Deep but it was entertaining enough. O’Brien, Garner and Hale Jr. are pros who carry out their respective roles with skill.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/03/25

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Russ

Edmond O'Brien as the hard-boiled submarine commander and pretty boy James Garner as the eye candy for the ladies. Pretty weak and slow-moving as sub pictures go. Alan Hale, Jr. is an ensign promoted to LT JG before he was stranded on Gilligan's Island as The Skipper. His father had been aboard Cary Grant's sub in the pic made during the war, "Destination: Tokyo." There's a love interest thrown in and that turns out just as you'd have predicted. In addition to the technical errors and absurdities in the script there's this anachronism: it shows Japanese soldiers playing baseball when in fact the game was only introduced to Japan during the US Occupation after the war! But, why let facts get in the way of a useful plot device!

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/17/24

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Audience Member

Tense. Good storyline and characters. Gotta love old war movies and this first starring role for James Garner was challenging.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/30/23

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Audience Member

Dreadful B movie. Garner was right in his opinion, just another pile of crap.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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Audience Member

Ok movie. Glaring fault: James Garner uses an aqualung. This is supposed to be in 1942. Jaques Cousteau did not invent it until 1943. If this is wrong, what else did they screw up?

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/28/23

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Audience Member

For some reason there was nothing really that interesting about this film it just felt like yeah seen that for most of the time

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/28/23

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James Garner

Lt. j.g. Kenneth M. Braden

Edmond O'Brien

Commander Paul Stevenson

Andra Martin

Sally Johnson

Alan Hale Jr.

Lt. Pat Malone

Carleton Carpenter

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Synopsis

A by-the-book submarine commander (Edmond O'Brien) must drop off and wait for a Navy frogman (James Garner) on a World War II mission.

Director: Gordon Douglas
Producer: Aubrey Schenck
Screenwriter: Richard H. Landau
Production Co: Warner Brothers/Seven Arts
Genre: War
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 4, 1959, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 1, 2008
Runtime: 1h 51m

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