Crash Dive (1943) |
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| Director(s) | Archie Mayo |
| Producer(s) | Milton Sperling, Lee S. Marcus (uncredited) |
| Top Genres | Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Thriller/Suspense, War |
| Top Topics | World War II |
Featured Cast of Crash Dive See More »
Tyrone Power(as Lt. Ward Stewart)
Crash Dive
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1943
Crash Dive
Released
1943
Tyrone Power
(as Lt. Ward Stewart)
Anne Baxter(as Jean Hewlett)
Crash Dive
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1943
Crash Dive
Released
1943
Anne Baxter
(as Jean Hewlett)
Dana Andrews(as Lt. Cmdr. Dewey Connors)
Crash Dive
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1943
Crash Dive
Released
1943
Dana Andrews
(as Lt. Cmdr. Dewey Connor...)
James Gleason(as Chief Mike 'Mac' McDonnell)
Crash Dive
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1943
Crash Dive
Released
1943
James Gleason
(as Chief Mike 'Mac' McDon...)
May Whitty(as Grandmother)
Crash Dive
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1943
Crash Dive
Released
1943
May Whitty
(as Grandmother)
Harry Morgan(as Brownie)
Crash Dive
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1943
Crash Dive
Released
1943
Harry Morgan
(as Brownie)
John Archer(as Curly Bowman)
Crash Dive
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1943
Crash Dive
Released
1943
John Archer
(as Curly Bowman)
Frank Conroy(as Capt. Bryson)
Crash Dive
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1943
Crash Dive
Released
1943
Frank Conroy
(as Capt. Bryson)
Crash Dive Overview:
Crash Dive (1943) was a Action - Adventure Film directed by Archie Mayo and produced by Milton Sperling and Lee S. Marcus.
SYNOPSIS
This romantic adventure, set during WWII, features two Navy men vying for the love of the same woman. While heading to Washington, Lieutenant Ward Stewart meets teacher Jean Hewlitt, quickly falls for her, and eventually succeeds in gaining her affection. However, Lieutenant Stewart soon discovers that his new girlfriend is already engaged to his commanding officer. Further complications develop when both officers get assigned to the same submarine and must set off together on a dangerous mission to destroy a Nazi base.
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'Hollywood Reporter' production reports of cast and crew state that Charley Grapewin was part of this movie's cast, but he is not seen in the final film.
The US Navy provided naval equipment and allowed access to their fleet of submarines and also supplied service personnel.
Norman Nesbitt was scheduled to narrate a "special trailer" for this movie according to 'The Hollywood Reporter'.
This movie represents one of a select group of a few World War II submarine movies which have won the one single Academy Award in a technical category, that's just only the one Oscar in either special effects or sound editing. These movies include Crash Dive; The Enemy Below; Torpedo Run and U-571. The non-WW II sub-movie, The Hunt for Red October also won just the one Oscar as did the WW 2 part sub-movie 49th Parallel, but for Best Original Story.
This movie's opening prologue states: "The cooperation and assistance of the officers and men of the U.S. Navy submarine base, New London, Connecticut, is gratefully acknowledged."