Directed by:
Joseph PevneyScreenplay:
Richard SaleCinematography:
George J. FolseyCast:
Glenn Ford, Ernest Borgnine, Diane Brewster, Dean Jones, L.Q. Jones, Philip Ober, Richard Carlyle, Robert Hardy, Al Freeman Jr., Robert Reed, William Schallert (more)Plots(1)
In the psychological WW2 drama Torpedo Run, Glenn Ford plays submarine commander Barney Doyle, who is obsessed with sinking a particular Japanese aircraft carrier. Several months earlier, the carrier had escaped destruction by shielding itself with a POW transport ship, which was sunk by Doyle's torpedoes. The sunken transport had been carrying Doyle's wife and daughter, captured in the Philippines. This tragically unavoidable incident has transformed Doyle into a modern Ahab, mercilessly driving the men under him towards the single goal of blowing the hated enemy aircraft carrier out of the seas. Finally, Doyle achieves his goal, and all is forgiven between himself and his crew, especially his second-in-command Archer Sloan. Unfortunately, Doyle's sub was irreparably damaged in the attack, making it necessary for him to attempt an escape. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Glenn Ford
Canada
Best movies:
The Sacketts (1979) (TV movie)
Gilda (1946)
Texas (1941)
Ernest Borgnine
USA
Best movies:
Gattaca (1997)
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
Jesus of Nazareth (1977) (TV movie)
Diane Brewster
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
The Young Philadelphians (1959)
Torpedo Run (1958)
Dean Jones
USA
Best movies:
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
Tea and Sympathy (1956)
That Darn Cat! (1965)
L.Q. Jones
USA
Best movies:
Casino (1995)
The Sacketts (1979) (TV movie)
The Wild Bunch (1969)
Philip Ober
USA
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
From Here to Eternity (1953)
Come Back, Little Sheba (1952)
Richard Carlyle
Canada
Best movies:
The Moving Target (1966)
Torpedo Run (1958)
The Gallant Hours (1960)
Robert Hardy
UK
Best movies:
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Sense and Sensibility (1995)
The Far Pavilions (1984) (series)
Al Freeman Jr.
USA
Best movies:
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series)
Finian's Rainbow (1968)
The Lost Man (1969)
Robert Reed
USA
Best movies:
Roots (1977) (series)
The Hunters (1958)
Pal Joey (1957)
William Schallert
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
Kimberly Beck
USA
Best movies:
The Big Blue (1988)
Independence Day (1996)
Marnie (1964)
Paul Picerni
USA
Best movies:
Miracle of Fatima (1952)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
The Apartment (1960)
Virginia Gregg
USA
Best movies:
Psycho (1960)
Prescription: Murder (1968) (TV movie)
Heidi's Song (1982)
Jeffrey Sayre
USA
Best movies:
Bon Voyage! (1962)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
North by Northwest (1959)
Biff Elliot
USA
Best movies:
The Front Page (1974)
Save the Tiger (1973)
The Enemy Below (1957)
Karl Lukas
USA
Best movies:
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
The Baited Trap (1959)
Emperor of the North (1973)
Don Keefer
USA
Best movies:
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series)
Monty O'Grady
USA
Best movies:
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
North by Northwest (1959)
The Apartment (1960)
Oliver Cross
USA
Best movies:
Inherit the Wind (1960)
Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
Teacher's Pet (1958)