Torpedo Run (1958)
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In the psychological WW2 drama Torpedo Run, Glenn Ford plays submarine commander Barney Doyle, who is obsessed with sinking a particular Japanese aircraft carrier. Several months earlier, the carrier had escaped destruction by shielding itself with a POW transport ship, which was sunk by Doyle's torpedoes. The sunken transport had been carrying Doyle's wife and daughter, captured in the Philippines. This tragically unavoidable incident has transformed Doyle into a modern Ahab, mercilessly driving the men under him towards the single goal of blowing the hated enemy aircraft carrier out of the seas. Finally, Doyle achieves his goal, and all is forgiven between himself and his crew, especially his second-in-command Archer Sloan ($Ernest Borgnine). Unfortunately, Doyle's sub was irreparably damaged in the attack, making it necessary for him to attempt an escape. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Glenn Ford - Lt. Cmdr. Barney Doyle
- Diane Brewster - Jane Doyle
- L.Q. Jones - "Hash" Benson
- Richard Carlyle - Cmdr. Don Adams
- Don Keefer - Ensign Ron Milligan
- Paul Picerni - Lt. Burt Fisher
- Ernest Borgnine - Lt. Archer Sloan
- Dean Jones - Lt. Jake "Fuzz" Foley
- Philip Ober - Adm. Samuel Setton
- Fredd Wayne - Orville "Goldy" Goldstein
- Robert Hardy - Lt. Redley
- Director(s):
- Joseph Pevney
- Writer(s):
- Richard Sale, William Wister Haines
- Producer(s):
- Edmund Grainger
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