Run Silent, Run Deep
Gable and Lancaster make the seas boil in the battle adventure that hits like a torpedo!
1958 | 93m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | Robert Wise |
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| Writer: | John Gay, Edward L. Beach Jr. |
| Staring: |
| The captain of a submarine sunk by the Japanese during WWII is finally given a chance to skipper another sub after a year of working a desk job. His singleminded determination for revenge against the destroyer that sunk his previous vessel puts his new crew in unneccessary danger. | |
| Release Date: | Mar 27, 1958 |
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| Director: | Robert Wise |
| Writer: | John Gay, Edward L. Beach Jr. |
| Genres: | Drama, War |
| Keywords | submarine, captain, world war ii, pacific war, pacific theater, naval warfare |
| Production Companies | United Artists, Hill-Hecht-Lancaster Productions, Jeffrey Pictures Corp. |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 26, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Clark Gable | Cmdr, Richardson |
| Burt Lancaster | Lt. Jim Bledsoe |
| Jack Warden | Yeoman 1st Class Mueller |
| Brad Dexter | Cartwright |
| Don Rickles | Quartermaster 1st Class Ruby |
| Nick Cravat | Russo |
| Joe Maross | Kohler |
| Mary LaRoche | Laura Richardson |
| Eddie Foy III | Larto |
| Rudy Bond | Sonarman 1st Class Cullen |
| Jimmy Bates | Jessie (uncredited) |
| Joel Fluellen | Bragg (uncredited) |
| Ken Lynch | Frank (uncredited) |
| H.M. Wynant | Corpsman Hendrix (uncredited) |
| Teru Shimada | Japanese Submarine Commander (uncredited) |
| Skip Ward | Minor Role (uncredited) |
| Russell Thorson | Submarine Crewman (uncredited) |
| Rodger Terry | Crewman (uncredited) |
| Maurice McEndree | Radio Operator (uncredited) |
| Alexander Lockwood | Minor Role (uncredited) |
| Dale Ishimoto | Japanese sailor (uncredited) |
| John Gibson | Capt. Blunt (uncredited) |
| John Close | Co-ordinate Fixer at Bungo Straits (uncredited) |
| John Bryant | Carl Beckman (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| John Gay | Screenplay |
| Robert Wise | Director |
| Russell Harlan | Director of Photography |
| Franz Waxman | Original Music Composer |
| Loren Janes | Stunts |
| Edward L. Beach Jr. | Novel |
| Ross Dowd | Set Decoration |
| Gerald Endler | Mechanical Designer |
| Robert J. Schiffer | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Fred Lau | Sound Recordist |
| Charles Schulthies | Special Effects |
| Jay Dee Skidmore | Stunts |
| Edward Carrere | Art Direction |
| George Boemler | Editor |
| Emmett Emerson | Assistant Director |
| Harry Alphin | Sound Recordist |
| Bill Babcock | Stunts |
| Leonid Raab | Orchestrator |
| Frank Prehoda | Makeup Artist |
| Irving J. Moore | Second Assistant Director |
| Robert Martin | Boom Operator |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| James Hill | Producer |
| William Schorr | Associate Producer |
| Harold Hecht | Producer |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 10 |
| 2024 | 5 | 17 | 31 | 12 |
| 2024 | 6 | 14 | 26 | 9 |
| 2024 | 7 | 16 | 39 | 9 |
| 2024 | 8 | 14 | 26 | 10 |
| 2024 | 9 | 12 | 19 | 6 |
| 2024 | 10 | 13 | 27 | 7 |
| 2024 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 7 |
| 2024 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 5 |
| 2025 | 1 | 12 | 21 | 7 |
| 2025 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
Trending Position
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 257 | 616 |
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
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| 2025 | 1 | 60 | 276 |
This superior wartime submarine story is about an American captain (Gable) who seeks to avenge the loss of an earlier ship to a Japanese destroyer by perfecting a very difficult "bow shot" technique that would enable him to torpedo this fast moving enemy head on. Burt Lancaster portrays his popular ... XO who ought, originally, to have had that command but has been passed over; and the film depicts the evolution of their taut and mistrusting relationship. Gable is on good form as his character treads a very thin line between reason and obsession and Lancaster works hard to keep himself and the crew under control. The direction is tense and the chemistry between these two men works really well. This is more than a post-war grandstanding picture; it does touch on the psychology of command and of grief, and is well worth an hour and a half of your time.