As I’ve admitted elsewhere, I’m a sucker for submarine movies. Even so, this is one of the finest examples of the genre and just generally a good war movie. Clark Gable plays an Ahab-esque Navy captain given command of a submarine that by rights should have gone to his executive officer (Burt Lancaster). The captain uses unorthodox tactics to pursue a Japanese destroyer responsible for sinking his previous sub. The script is good, and the acting equal to the task. Those with no affection for the submarine sub-genre of the war movie may not get much out of this production, but if you can even vaguely tolerate such movies then you should find this one rewarding. Worth seeing
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