good u.s. sub movies - Page 2

Nuc · 11-30-07, 08:09 AM

Also:

Torpedo Run - Glenn Ford, Ernest Borgnine
Crash Dive - Dana Andrews, Tyron Powers
Torpedo Alley - ??
Assult on a Queen - Sinatra (Salvaged U-boat for a robbery at sea)
Hellcats of the Navy - Ronald and Nancy Regan.
Hell and High Water - Richard Widmark
Gray lady Down - Charlton Heston
Submarine Command - William Holden, William Bendix

John Channing · 11-30-07, 11:46 AM

Not about US Subs (British) but you should check out "We dive at dawn".

It has one of the best attack sequences I have seen in a movie.

JCC

candy2500 · 11-30-07, 12:03 PM

yes, Destination Tokyo is good

SteamWake · 11-30-07, 01:28 PM

While not a sub flick "The compas Rose" is good.

Nuc · 11-30-07, 04:38 PM

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While not a sub flick "The compas Rose" is good.

Do you mean the Cruel Sea? maybe released under two names. the book is a classic!

mrbeast · 11-30-07, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by SteamWake

While not a sub flick "The compas Rose" is good.

Do you mean the Cruel Sea? maybe released under two names. the book is a classic!

I think it was released in the US under the title 'Compas Rose'.

BTW it is a classic, quite hard hitting too the scene where the skipper has to DC a U boat in a sea full of survivors bobbing in their life jackets is very powerful.

Now you know what people mean when they say 'worse things happen at sea'.

Also 'In Which We Serve' starring Noel Coward is quite good. Not sure if it has subs in it though, but similar to Cruel Sea.

Joe S · 11-30-07, 04:58 PM

unfortunately, Run Silent, Run Deep, is the only movie about US subs worth the powder it would take to blow it to hell. (If thats the one with Clak Gable and Bungo Pete). There is another one called Torpedo Run but I dont remember much about it.For some reason WWII submarine warfare has recieved little attention from movie makers, which is too bad. Joe S

mrbeast · 11-30-07, 05:35 PM

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unfortunately, Run Silent, Run Deep, is the only movie about US subs worth the powder it would take to blow it to hell. (If thats the one with Clak Gable and Bungo Pete). There is another one called Torpedo Run but I dont remember much about it.For some reason WWII submarine warfare has recieved little attention from movie makers, which is too bad. Joe S

Well if the only really good sub film they ever make is Das Boot then I could live with that. But I'm endlessly miystified why, when they decidedto make a new sub film they chose to make a turkey like U571 and not one about the exploits of USN subs in the Pacific. :hmm:

Ducimus · 11-30-07, 07:23 PM

They have to have a real drama. Something. A story people know of. Theres LOTS to choose from, but i think most American's dont even know their own countries history. People ive talked to, thier knowledge level can be summed up as such:

"Yeah there was this redcoat thingy, and then there was the civil war (you know where the north and the south shot at each other?) then we went to war against the nazi's, then there was vietnam, and now iraq!"

Hollywood uses what people know or heard of, to make money. If they don't think the story will sell (not good, people dont know about it, etc), they wont do it.

I think EVENTUALLY they'll get around to it - when they run out of other half baked ideas. This may take them awhile, their full of half baked ideas for a movie.

Ducimus · 11-30-07, 07:31 PM

Was just thinking, theres so much movie material in the PTO.

Looking at my own sig. The Tautog.

They could start the movie with the pearl harbor attack, make it a 3 hour bladder burster with lots of depth charging, torpedo blasting drama as she goes through the war, and end it Saving private ryan style with some old vets watching their boat meet the scrappers torch years later. edit: or start it with the scrappers torch, and then flashback like SPR.

JSF · 11-30-07, 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by candy2500

yes, Destination Tokyo is good

Yes...I agree. And,"Mush Morton" was technical advisor on the set.

SteamWake · 11-30-07, 08:54 PM

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Originally Posted by mrbeast

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Originally Posted by Nuc

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Originally Posted by SteamWake

While not a sub flick "The compas Rose" is good.

Do you mean the Cruel Sea? maybe released under two names. the book is a classic!

I think it was released in the US under the title 'Compas Rose'.

BTW it is a classic, quite hard hitting too the scene where the skipper has to DC a U boat in a sea full of survivors bobbing in their life jackets is very powerful.

Now you know what people mean when they say 'worse things happen at sea'.

Also 'In Which We Serve' starring Noel Coward is quite good. Not sure if it has subs in it though, but similar to Cruel Sea.

Yes my bad. The movie is actually "The cruel sea" but still a good view... anyone know if this is still under copy protection ?

Rather copyright.

Nuc · 11-30-07, 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Joe S

unfortunately, Run Silent, Run Deep, is the only movie about US subs worth the powder it would take to blow it to hell. (If thats the one with Clak Gable and Bungo Pete). There is another one called Torpedo Run but I dont remember much about it.For some reason WWII submarine warfare has recieved little attention from movie makers, which is too bad. Joe S

I agree that RSRD is my favorite (I saw it in the theater and as a 12 year old, I had nightmares about Tab Hunter being crushed by a torpedo), however Ned Beach hated what they did to his novel. All have something to offer. The scenes of fire and WSRT's on Crimson Tide and flooding on Gray Lady Down are very realistic. Operation Pacific is iconic of the entire US submarine war contribution.

WSRT= Wepons Systems Readiness Test

VonHammer · 12-01-07, 01:07 PM

ok ill have to add a few of those to my list. what about books? i read alot also strickly military thrillers. ive read tom clancy,web griffin, dale brown and stephn coonts.

mrbeast · 12-01-07, 04:53 PM

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ok ill have to add a few of those to my list. what about books? i read alot also strickly military thrillers. ive read tom clancy,web griffin, dale brown and stephn coonts.

Run Silent Run Deep. By Edward L. Beach
Das Boot. By Lothar-Gunthar Buchheim
Iron Coffins. By Herbert Werner
War In The Boats. By William J. Ruhe

Read all of those and can recomend them. Iron Coffins and War In The Boats are acounts of RL. Das Boot and Iron Coffins are obviously about U Boats but are still a good read. War In The Boats has some good stuff about S class boats in it and also bescribes some of the eccentric habits of some of the skippers too. Run Silent, Run Deep is better than the film of the same name.

11-30-07, 08:09 AM	#16
Nuc Planesman Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Connecticut, USA Posts: 180 Downloads: 100 Uploads: 0	Also: Torpedo Run - Glenn Ford, Ernest Borgnine Crash Dive - Dana Andrews, Tyron Powers Torpedo Alley - ?? Assult on a Queen - Sinatra (Salvaged U-boat for a robbery at sea) Hellcats of the Navy - Ronald and Nancy Regan. Hell and High Water - Richard Widmark Gray lady Down - Charlton Heston Submarine Command - William Holden, William Bendix

11-30-07, 11:46 AM	#17
John Channing Sea Lord Join Date: Sep 1998 Posts: 1,846 Downloads: 163 Uploads: 5	Not about US Subs (British) but you should check out "We dive at dawn". It has one of the best attack sequences I have seen in a movie. JCC

11-30-07, 12:03 PM	#18
candy2500 Helmsman Join Date: May 2005 Location: periscope depth Posts: 110 Downloads: 104 Uploads: 0	yes, Destination Tokyo is good

11-30-07, 01:28 PM	#19
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	While not a sub flick "The compas Rose" is good.

11-30-07, 04:58 PM	#22
Joe S XO Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 409 Downloads: 28 Uploads: 0	unfortunately, Run Silent, Run Deep, is the only movie about US subs worth the powder it would take to blow it to hell. (If thats the one with Clak Gable and Bungo Pete). There is another one called Torpedo Run but I dont remember much about it.For some reason WWII submarine warfare has recieved little attention from movie makers, which is too bad. Joe S

11-30-07, 07:23 PM	#24
Ducimus Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,987 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 2	They have to have a real drama. Something. A story people know of. Theres LOTS to choose from, but i think most American's dont even know their own countries history. People ive talked to, thier knowledge level can be summed up as such: "Yeah there was this redcoat thingy, and then there was the civil war (you know where the north and the south shot at each other?) then we went to war against the nazi's, then there was vietnam, and now iraq!" Hollywood uses what people know or heard of, to make money. If they don't think the story will sell (not good, people dont know about it, etc), they wont do it. I think EVENTUALLY they'll get around to it - when they run out of other half baked ideas. This may take them awhile, their full of half baked ideas for a movie.

11-30-07, 07:31 PM	#25
Ducimus Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,987 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 2	Was just thinking, theres so much movie material in the PTO. Looking at my own sig. The Tautog. They could start the movie with the pearl harbor attack, make it a 3 hour bladder burster with lots of depth charging, torpedo blasting drama as she goes through the war, and end it Saving private ryan style with some old vets watching their boat meet the scrappers torch years later. edit: or start it with the scrappers torch, and then flashback like SPR.

12-01-07, 01:07 PM	#29
VonHammer Engineer Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 218 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	ok ill have to add a few of those to my list. what about books? i read alot also strickly military thrillers. ive read tom clancy,web griffin, dale brown and stephn coonts.