Submarine Command
Daring naval rescue-raid off Korea !
1951 | 87m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | John Farrow |
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| Writer: | Jonathan Latimer |
| Staring: |
| Submarine commander Ken White is forced to suddenly submerge, leaving his captain and another crew member to die outside the sub during WW II. Subsequent years of meaningless navy ground assignments and the animosity of a former sailor, leave White (now a captain) feeling guilty and empty. His life spirals downward and his wife is about to leave him. Suddenly, he is forced into a dangerous rescue situation at the start of the Koren War.... reassigned to the same submarine where all of his problems began. | |
| Release Date: | Nov 01, 1951 |
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| Director: | John Farrow |
| Writer: | Jonathan Latimer |
| Genres: | Drama, War |
| Keywords | submarine, naval officer |
| Production Companies | Paramount Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| William Holden | Lt. Cmdr. Ken White |
| Nancy Olson | Carol |
| William Bendix | CPO Boyer |
| Don Taylor | Lt. Cmdr. Peter Morris |
| Arthur Franz | Lt. Arnie Carlson |
| Darryl Hickman | Ens. Jack Wheelwright |
| Peggy Webber | Mrs. Alice Rice |
| Moroni Olsen | Rear Adm. Joshua Rice |
| Jack Gregson | Cmdr. Joshua Rice |
| Jack Kelly | Lt. Paul Barton |
| Don Dunning | Quartermaster Perkins |
| Jerry Paris | Sgt. Gentry |
| Charles Meredith | Adm. Tobias |
| Philip Van Zandt | Gavin |
| Gordon Polk | Ralph |
| Walter Reed | Chief O'Flynn |
| George D. Wallace | Chief Herb Bixby |
| John Close | Frogman (as John V. Close) |
| Harold Fong | Korean Officer |
| Leslie Banning | |
| Richard Bergren | |
| Gwen Caldwell | |
| James Cornell | |
| Thomas M. Dykers | |
| Marietta Elliott | |
| Benson Fong | |
| Don House | |
| Frank Iwanaga | |
| Jerry James | |
| Paul Lees | |
| Nelson Leigh | |
| Mark Lowell | |
| Freeman Lusk | |
| Warren Mace | |
| Mike Mahoney | |
| Bill McLean | |
| Harry Mendoza | |
| John Mitchum | |
| Rollin Moriyama | |
| Noel Neill | |
| Steve Pendleton | |
| Joey Ray | |
| Jack Roberts | |
| Don Shelton | |
| Bob Tidwell | |
| Crane Whitley | |
| Fred Zendar |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| John Farrow | Director |
| Sam Comer | Set Decoration |
| Edith Head | Costumer |
| Henry Bumstead | Art Direction |
| Wally Westmore | Makeup Supervisor |
| David Buttolph | Original Music Composer |
| Ross Dowd | Set Decoration |
| Clem Jones | Assistant Director |
| Jonathan Latimer | Screenplay, Story |
| Lionel Lindon | Director of Photography |
| Eda Warren | Editor |
| Hal Pereira | Art Direction |
| Ralph Axness | Assistant Director |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Joseph Sistrom | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 4 |
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| 2024 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 3 |
| 2024 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 1 |
| 2024 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 3 |
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| 2024 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Trending Position
William Holden stars in/narrates this rather humdrum submariner story from the end of WWII and the commencement of the Korean War that offers little by way of uniqueness or jeopardy. Holden, himself, is fine - but the tale of an executive officer making a tough, ultimately tragic, battle decision th ... at causes him to become a pariah to many of his crew is just too old hat, as is the ending which offers a redemption that was never really in doubt. Technically, it conveys some of the claustrophobic aspects of living and working on a submarine well; and William Bendix as "CPO Boyer" demonstrates how effectively a man can hold a grudge, but (no pun intended) it's all just a bit too shallow and procedural. Worth a watch for the photography, but the story is neither here nor there...