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Torpedo Run
''Torpedo Run'' is a 1958 American war film directed by Joseph Pevney and starring Glenn Ford as a World War II submarine commander in the Pacific who is obsessed with sinking a particular Japanese aircraft carrier. The film's working title was ''Hell Below''. It was filmed in CinemaScope and Metrocolor. A. Arnold Gillespie and Harold Humbrock were nominated for an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. Plot In October 1942, ten months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, ComSubPac directs the American submarine ''Greyfish'', under Commander Barney Doyle (Glenn Ford), to the convoy containing the ''Shinaru'', one of the Japanese aircraft carriers that led the attack. Doyle also receives word that the target's escort includes a transport ship, ''Yoshida Maru'', carrying all the American prisoners from the camp in the Philippines where his wife and child were being held. (Flashbacks show that Jane refused to leave Manila.) Doyle's second in command, Lieutenant Archer Sloan (Ernes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Pevney
Joseph Pevney (September 15, 1911 – May 18, 2008) was an American film and television director. ''Los Angeles Times'', May 29, 2008 Biography Born in New York City, Pevney made his debut in as a boy soprano in 1924. Although he hated vaudeville, he loved the theatre and developed a career as a stage actor, appearing in such plays as ''[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |