''Out of the Depths'' is a 1945 American war drama film directed by D. Ross Lederman.

Plot

At the end of

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...

, a

U.S. Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage o ...

submarine receives an order to bring aboard Ito Kaita, a

Korean American Korean Americans are Americans of Korean ancestry (mostly from South Korea). In 2015, the Korean-American community constituted about 0.56% of the United States population, or about 1.82 million people, and was the fifth-largest Asian American ...

intelligence agent who joined with the

resistance movement A resistance movement is an organized effort by some portion of the civil population of a country to withstand the legally established government or an occupying power and to disrupt civil order and stability. It may seek to achieve its objective ...

Japanese-occupied Korea Between 1910 and 1945, Korea was ruled as a part of the Empire of Japan. Joseon Korea had come into the Japanese sphere of influence with the Japan–Korea Treaty of 1876; a complex coalition of the Meiji government, military, and business offic ...

. The crew enthusiastically receives news of the surrender of Japan but gets into a skirmish with an

Imperial Japanese Navy The Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN; Kyūjitai: Shinjitai: ' 'Navy of the Greater Japanese Empire', or ''Nippon Kaigun'', 'Japanese Navy') was the navy of the Empire of Japan from 1868 to 1945, when it was dissolved following Japan's surrend ...

battleship refusing to surrender. After being rescued, Kaita informs the crew that a rogue Japanese aircraft carrier will attack the surrender ceremony aboard the ''

USS Missouri Four ships of the United States Navy have been named USS ''Missouri'' in honor of the state of Missouri: *, a sidewheel frigate launched in 1841 and destroyed by fire in August 1843 *, a ''Maine''-class battleship in service from 1900 to 1922. *, a ...

'' in

Tokyo Bay is a bay located in the southern Kantō region of Japan, and spans the coasts of Tokyo, Kanagawa Prefecture, and Chiba Prefecture. Tokyo Bay is connected to the Pacific Ocean by the Uraga Channel. The Tokyo Bay region is both the most populous ...

. A kamikaze attack from the rogue carrier destroys the submarine's antenna before they can warn their superiors. Captain Faversham is killed trying to fix it, and the submarine begins to sink and fill with

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after being hit. The crew decide to stop the carrier by ramming their submarine into it, and both ships explode. The four surviving men receive the

Congressional Medal of Honor The Medal of Honor (MOH) is the United States Armed Forces' highest military decoration and is awarded to recognize American soldiers, sailors, marines, airmen, guardians and coast guardsmen who have distinguished themselves by acts of valor. T ...

at the

White House The White House is the official residence and workplace of the president of the United States. It is located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., and has been the residence of every U.S. president since John Adams in ...

Cast

Jim Bannon James Shorttel Bannon (April 9, 1911 – July 28, 1984) was an American actor and radio announcer known for his work on the ''I Love a Mystery'' and ''Red Ryder'' series during the 1940s and 1950s. Early life Born in 1911 in Kansas City, Misso ...

as Capt. Faversham * Ross Hunter as Clayton Shepherd *

Ken Curtis Ken Curtis (born Curtis Wain Gates; July 2, 1916 – April 28, 1991) was an American singer and actor best known for his role as Festus Haggen on the CBS western television series ''Gunsmoke''. Although he appeared on ''Gunsmoke'' earl ...

as Buck Clayton * Loren Tindall as Pete Lubowsky * Mark Roberts as 'Pills' Wilkins (as Robert E. Scott) *

Frank Sully Francis Thomas Sullivan (June 17, 1908 December 17, 1975), known professionally as Frank Sully, was an American film actor. He appeared in over 240 films between 1934 and 1968. Today's audiences know him best as the dumb detective in the ''Bost ...

as 'Speed' Brogan * Robert Williams as First Officer Ross *

Coulter Irwin Coulter may refer to: People * Coulter (surname) * Coulter Osborne (born 1934), Canadian arbitrator and former Associate Chief Justice of Ontario Places * Coulter, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, a village and civil parish * Coulter, Iowa, United ...

as 'Sparks' Reynolds * George Khan as Lt. Ito Kaida * George Offerman Jr. as 'Ten-to-One' Ryan

References

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* 1945 films 1940s war drama films American war drama films 1940s English-language films American black-and-white films Films directed by D. Ross Lederman Columbia Pictures films Submarine films 1945 drama films Films with screenplays by Aubrey Wisberg Films about the Korean independence movement Films set in Korea under Japanese rule Films set in the Pacific Ocean Pacific War films Films about the United States Navy in World War II Films set in 1945 Films about submarine warfare Films set in the White House 1940s American films {{war-drama-film-stub