Crash Dive
Tyrone Power -- Leading a reckless crew on the war's most daring mission!
1943 | 106m | English
Popularity: 6 (history)
| Director: | Archie Mayo |
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| Writer: | W.R. Burnett, Jo Swerling |
| Staring: |
| A US Navy submarine, the USS Corsair, is operating in the North Atlantic, hunting German merchant raiders that are preying on Allied shipping. Its new executive officer, Lt. Ward Stewart, has been transferred back into submarines after commanding his own PT boat. At the submarine base in New London, Connecticut, he asks his new captain, Lt. Cmdr. Dewey Connors, for a weekend leave to settle his affairs before taking up his new assignment. On a train bound for Washington D.C., Stewart accidentally encounters New London school teacher Jean Hewlett and her students. Despite her initial resistance to his efforts, he charms her and they fall in love. | |
| Release Date: | Apr 22, 1943 |
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| Director: | Archie Mayo |
| Writer: | W.R. Burnett, Jo Swerling |
| Genres: | Adventure, Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller, War |
| Keywords | love triangle, submarine, world war ii |
| Production Companies | 20th Century Fox |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Tyrone Power | Lt. Ward Stewart |
| Anne Baxter | Jean Hewlett |
| Dana Andrews | Lt. Cdr. Dewey Connors |
| James Gleason | Chief Mike 'Mac' McDonnell |
| May Whitty | Grandmother |
| Harry Morgan | Brownie |
| Ben Carter | Oliver Cromwell Jones |
| Stanley Andrews | Shipwrecked Captain (uncredited) |
| John Archer | Curly Bowman (uncredited) |
| Gene Rizzi | Seaman Rizzi (uncredited) |
| Frederic Brunn | Q Boat Lieutenant (uncredited) |
| Frank Conroy | Capt. Bryson |
| Fred Aldrich | German Seaman |
| David Bacon | Lieutenant |
| Brooks Benedict | Angry Man at Hotel Registration Desk |
| Lulu Mae Bohrman | Undetermined Secondary Role |
| Dorothy Brent | Schoolgirl |
| Paul E. Burns | Simmons - Desk Clerk |
| Harry Carter | Sailor |
| Gene Collins | Boy in Lifeboat |
| James Conaty | Hotel Desk Clerk |
| Frank Dawson | Henry the Butler |
| James Eagles | Officer |
| Edward Earle | Wreckage Victim |
| Chester Gan | Lee Wong |
| Charley Grapewin | Pop |
| Thurston Hall | Senator from Texas |
| Sally Harper | Teenage Student |
| George Holmes | Crew Member |
| Kathleen Howard | Miss Bromley |
| Sue Jolley | Schoolgirl |
| Florence Lake | Doris - Jean's Roommate |
| Peter Leeds | Shore Police |
| Trudy Marshall | Telephone Operator |
| Leila McIntyre | Senator's Wife |
| Betty McKinney | Schoolgirl |
| Malcolm 'Bud' McTaggart | Sailor |
| Edward McWade | Crony |
| James Metcalf | Undetermined Secondary Role |
| Hans Moebus | German Officer |
| Edmund Mortimer | Man at Hotel Registration Desk |
| John Mylong | Captain of Submarine |
| Netta Packer | Mother |
| Tom Quinn | Hotel Guest |
| Otto Reichow | German Signalman |
| Lionel Royce | German Q-Boat Commander |
| Floyd Shackelford | Porter |
| Paul Stanton | Officer |
| Charles Tannen | Seaman Hammond |
| Ruth Thomas | Schoolgirl |
| Sigfrid Tor | German Soldier |
| Nicholas Vehr | Russian Officer |
| Hans von Morhart | Y Gun Operator |
| Minor Watson | Adm. Bob Stewart |
| Cecil Weston | Woman |
| Bruce Wong | First Waiter |
| William Yetter Sr. | Tanker Lieutenant |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Archie Mayo | Director |
| W.R. Burnett | Story |
| Jo Swerling | Screenplay |
| Earl Luick | Costume Design |
| David Buttolph | Music |
| Richard Day | Art Direction |
| Thomas Little | Set Decoration |
| Wiard B. Ihnen | Art Direction |
| Paul S. Fox | Set Decoration |
| Walter Thompson | Editor |
| Leon Shamroy | Director of Photography |
| Ray Curtiss | Editor |
| Guy Pearce | Makeup Artist |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Darryl F. Zanuck | Executive Producer |
| Milton Sperling | Producer |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 4 |
| 2024 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 5 |
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| 2024 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 2 |
| 2025 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 2025 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 3 |
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Tyrone, Dana and Anne in choppy waters. Crash Dive is directed by Archie Mayo and written by Jo Swerling and W.R. Burnett. It stars Tyrone Power, Dana Andrews, Anne Baxter, James Gleason, May Whitty and Harry Morgan. A Technicolor production out of 20th Century Fox, music is by David Buttolph and ... cinematography by Leon Shamroy. It’s flag waving time, 1943 style as Power and Andrews vie for the love of Baxter whilst conducting a submarine offensive against the Nazis. The love triangle feels twee but Mayo manages to keep it in check and not let it bog this particular sub movie down. When the pic is out on the water it’s grand entertainment, nicely filmed and featuring Oscar winning effects work. Momentum is gradually built until the finale comes and delivers an action packed bonanza. Hooray! 7/10
Well I cannot say there is very much original in this wartime pick-me-up that sees Tyrone Power battle the enemy whilst trying to win the gal. That latter battle isn't made any easier by the fact that his superior is also quite keen! "Lt. Stewart" (Power) is a torpedo boat man who, much to his chagr ... in, is made the XO on the submarine commanded by "Dewey Connors" (Dana Andrews). Just before his first mission aboard, he encounters the charming "Jean" (Anne Baxter) and takes a shine to her, unaware that she is already spoken for. What now ensues is a rather unremarkable romantic drama with precious little at-sea action, that follows the very gently propagandist model of many films made around this time. It's all about feeling good, looking good, and - of course - whooping their foes. That latter part involves a daring raid on a German base that is only going to get further complicated by the all but open hostility between our two rutting stags. Can they put their differences aside and get the job done? It's fine for a studio based drama and if anyone deserves any acting plaudits, it's James Gleason as the gritty and determined "Chief Mac". I love submarine films usually, but this is all just a bit too slushy and, I'm afraid, forgettable.