Submarine Command
Submarine Command is a 1951 American war film directed by John Farrow and starring William Holden, Don Taylor, Nancy Olson, William Bendix, and Darryl Hickman. It is notable for being one of the first films to touch on post traumatic stress disorder. Holden invested $20,000 of his own money into the film. The film received a mixed reception: it was panned by some critics for its brooding melodrama whilst being praised by others.
Plot
During the Pacific War, Lieutenant Commander Ken White orders the submarine USS Tiger Shark to crash dive to evade a Japanese aerial attack. Crewman Boyer begs him to wait for the captain, Commander Josh Rice, still topside, but White refuses, and Rice (his good friend) and the quartermaster are lost. When they resurface shortly afterward, they learn that the war is over. No one other than Boyer, not even the captain's widow and father, blames him.
More details
| author | Jonathan Latimer |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | San Francisco Bay Area |
| director | John Farrow |
| editor | Eda Warren |
| events | Korean War submarine warfare World War II |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | abandon ship aircraft carrier crash dive family friend hatred land last day lost time make up mare island naval shipyard mothball fleet north korea overheat pacific war prison camp rescue mission south korea tiger shark tragic story united states navy reserve fleets |
| musicBy | David Buttolph |
| producer | Joseph Sistrom |
| publisher | Paramount Pictures |
| theme | melodrama submarine war |