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Full—Piftl® +Chicago Sally SrttavtFr.a.r, M.r.h 28, 1958Film of Submarine WarStars Gable, LancasterBY MAE T1NEEWhile It has Its tense mo* ments, UtiS story of submarine warfare also has a rather flat quality. It is concerned mainly with sea battles and tells you little or nothing of Uie people Involved.After losing his submarine to a Japanese torpedo, you know that Clark Cable has been given a dork job and is desperate for a chance to fight hack at the enemy. You alio kr.ow that Burt Lancaster is “the best exec in the U. SfsXtNOW 15 CENTS...•Vs ni*V'.»V/.VX«ai»• V. V*.O'RUN SILENT. RUN DEEP rr«4»«*4 lif Whtf FH^illni. If*. fhm (’Ml'* ArllHV dU.lt;TMl kl Hh*. tmn iM mhI lr»CmimiU lualt;A. shI rr*. •*“*lt; U IW laitf .Irtuii tWmTIIE CUT Cl*fc fUW#. Pm« IfMiritf, Jul Jn Miaw. «nd IHuif, NUh Croat. 11.4 Muy l^lUihf.Navy and in lino for a command. which is wrested from him by Mr. G..Both the executive officer and the crew resent the new skipper and fail to understand his tactirs, at least until ho proves his ideas in battle.While sweating men 4nd sound effects help to create an illusion of the perilous business of attack and counter-attack, in several of the scenes the line to which the presumably menacing torpedo Is attached It plainly •discern ible. Mr. Gable U still Mr. Gable, (he action is naturally confined and tho camera must try to convey much of tlM story by lingering on the star. Mr. Lancaster has a bit more business In hi* role, which he handles well enough. Some of the dialog is moderately convincing, but lh general, the film lacks the impact of tome or its predeccs-sors about submarine warfare.r'.f
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