Directed by Robert Wise, starring Clark Gable and Burt Lancaster, with 3331 votes and a 7.3 average. How come I have never heard any talk about this film? It's great! It starts of a bit short with a not so well looking prelude but don't worry it will pick up! We meets Gable again a year after his U-Boat was sunk, now in some tiny office where he plans his revenge on the Japanese destroyer that sunk him and he soon gets his chance.
To skip a lot of the story which is always more fun to see for yourself Lancaster gets a bit sore when Gable takes the command from him as do the men and this leads to a large build up.
The film is very much alive and kicking with loads of u-boat action. The characters feels alive and you actually get to know these people, and hopefully like them. But what the film is best at is suspense. The film kept me at the tip of my seat through the entire thing and I must say I'm sold.
Very well acted on all accounts. It's shot and made quite well too but the film relies more on the story which is rather nice for a change. To say a few short things about the story it's gritty but not too much, perhaps a bit cold and cruel but also warm and even humorous at times.
This is just one of those mainstream films I really came to like.
To skip a lot of the story which is always more fun to see for yourself Lancaster gets a bit sore when Gable takes the command from him as do the men and this leads to a large build up.
The film is very much alive and kicking with loads of u-boat action. The characters feels alive and you actually get to know these people, and hopefully like them. But what the film is best at is suspense. The film kept me at the tip of my seat through the entire thing and I must say I'm sold.
Very well acted on all accounts. It's shot and made quite well too but the film relies more on the story which is rather nice for a change. To say a few short things about the story it's gritty but not too much, perhaps a bit cold and cruel but also warm and even humorous at times.
This is just one of those mainstream films I really came to like.