I'm watching Run Silent, Run Deep on TCM. Question.

Sailor Steve · 01-28-13, 11:24 AM

I understand. Any destroyer closing on a submarine less than a mile away would be shooting, and probably hitting.

Here's another one. The movie opens with Clark Gable's sub getting sunk. In the Bungo Suido, which is the channel from the Pacific to the Inland Sea. There are survivors. Why weren't they picked up by the Japanese and made prisoners of war? Or just shot in the water. Much more importantly, how were they rescued and taken back to America?

The movie is full of holes. The only reason I cut them any slack at all was that it was made during the period following the war, and the wartime feelings were still there. Other than getting to see real subs do their thing, it's not that good.

Oh, and I thought most of the effects were great. The freighter getting torpedoed and exploding was a model, not actual war footage.

01-28-13, 11:24 AM	#1
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I understand. Any destroyer closing on a submarine less than a mile away would be shooting, and probably hitting. Here's another one. The movie opens with Clark Gable's sub getting sunk. In the Bungo Suido, which is the channel from the Pacific to the Inland Sea. There are survivors. Why weren't they picked up by the Japanese and made prisoners of war? Or just shot in the water. Much more importantly, how were they rescued and taken back to America? The movie is full of holes. The only reason I cut them any slack at all was that it was made during the period following the war, and the wartime feelings were still there. Other than getting to see real subs do their thing, it's not that good. Oh, and I thought most of the effects were great. The freighter getting torpedoed and exploding was a model, not actual war footage. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo