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				Run Silent, Run Deep (1958), Director: 
				Robert Wise, 
				rated Approved 
				Gable and 
				Lancaster make the seas boil in the battle adventure that hits 
				like a torpedo! 
				
				  Starring: 
				Clark Gable, Burt Lancaster, Jack Warden, Brad Dexter, Don 
				Rickles, Nick Cravat, Joe Maross, Mary LaRoche, Eddie Foy III 
				DML Rating: 
				★★★★★★★★☆☆ 
				- great 
				"A fleet boat of the 
				Navy, a submarine with her fighting power still intact! And 
				you'd take her back to Pearl? I don't believe it!" - 
				Cmdr. Richardson 
				Why watch this? This 
				is a World-War-sized clash between to alpha males on a tiny sub. 
				Plot Summary: 
				Commander Richardson persuades the Navy to give him command of a 
				submarine. He gets the USS Nerka, along with its executive 
				officer Jim Bledsoe, whom the men trust. Richardson drives the 
				men hard and we learn his real objective is to sink a Japanese 
				ship called "Bungo Pete". Dad's Preview: 
				This film shines because of 
				the conflict between the two men in charge - we're talking a 
				testosterone burger here. It was wise to film this 
				realistic, gritty war picture in black and white. Gable and 
				Lancaster really go at each other! I firmly believe this film 
				inspired 
				Crimson 
				Tide (1995), as they have similar story lines. 
				 Hecht-Hill-Lancaster Productions; United Artists
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