Torpedo Run

A submarine commander is on a relentless pursuit of a Japanese aircraft carrier in the South Seas during World War II.

Cast

Glenn Ford

as Lt. Cmdr. Barney Doyle

Ernest Borgnine

as Lt. Archer 'Archie' Sloan

Diane Brewster

as Jane Doyle

Dean Jones

as Lt. Jake 'Fuzz' Foley

L.Q. Jones

as 'Hash' Benson

Philip Ober

as Adm. Samuel Setton

Richard Carlyle

as Cmdr. Don Adams

Fredd Wayne

as Orville 'Goldy' Goldstein

Don Keefer

as Ens. Ron Milligan

Robert Hardy

as Lt. Redley

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