The captain of a submarine sunk by the Japanese during WWII is finally given a chance to skipper another sub after a year of working a desk job. His singleminded determination for revenge against the destroyer that sunk his previous vessel puts his new crew in unneccessary danger.

Clark Gable
as Cmdr. Richardson

Burt Lancaster
as Lt. Jim Bledsoe

Jack Warden
as Yeoman 1st Class Mueller

Brad Dexter
as Cartwright

Don Rickles
as Quartermaster 1st Class Ruby

Nick Cravat
as Russo

Joe Maross
as Kohler

Mary LaRoche
as Laura Richardson

Eddie Foy III
as Larto

Rudy Bond
as Sonarman 1st Class Cullen
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This superior wartime submarine story is about an American captain (Gable) who seeks to avenge the loss of an earlier ship to a Japanese destroyer by perfecting a very difficult "bow shot" technique that would enable him to torpedo this fast moving enemy head on. Burt Lancaster portrays his popular ...