Crash Dive (1943)
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58% of users liked it
(688 ratings)
Tyrone Power made his last screen appearance before a three-year stretch in the Marines in this World War II drama. Lt. Ward Stewart (Tyrone Power) has served with distinction as the commander of a PT boat, so his uncle, Adm. Bob Stewart (Minor Watson), gives him a new and more challenging… More Tyrone Power made his last screen appearance before a three-year stretch in the Marines in this World War II drama. Lt. Ward Stewart (Tyrone Power) has served with distinction as the commander of a PT boat, so his uncle, Adm. Bob Stewart (Minor Watson), gives him a new and more challenging assignment aboard a submarine. Before shipping out, Ward enjoys a night on the town, where he meets and romances a pretty schoolteacher, Jean Hewlett (Anne Baxter). However, when Ward reports for duty, he discovers he'll be serving under Lt. Cmdr. Dewey Connors (Dana Andrews), who happens to be Jean's boyfriend. On leave and on land, Ward and Dewey are soon caught up in a romantic rivalry, while on duty and under the water they must work together to ferret out Nazi U-boats. Crash Dive received an Academy Award nomination for the special effects work in the film's battle sequences. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Archie Mayo
- Written By
- Jo Swerling
- Genres
- Drama, Classics
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Apr 22, 1943 Wide
- Studio
- Twentieth Century Fox
Critic Reviews
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Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
The romantic subplot of this WWII melodrama, Tyrone Power's last film before going to war, is weak, but the action sequences (in color) are good.
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Bob Bloom, Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)
typical WWII drama, a rousing propaganda tool.
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Both the romance and the war scenes lacked any sense of reality, though everything was well-crafted.
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Cast
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Tyrone Power
as Lt. Ward Stewart
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Anne Baxter
as Jean Hewlett
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Dana Andrews
as Lt. Cmdr. Dewey Connors
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James Gleason
as McDonnell
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Dame May Whitty
as Grandmother
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Henry Morgan
as Brownie
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Ben Carter
as Oliver Cromwell Jones
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Charles Tannen
as Hammond
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Frank Conroy
as Capt. Bryson
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John Archer
as Curly
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George Holmes
as Crew Member
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Minor Watson
as (Adm. Bob Stewart)
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Kathleen Howard
as Miss Bromley
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David Bacon
as Lieutenant
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Stanley Andrews
as Captain
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Paul E. Burns
as Clerk
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Gene Rizzi
as Seaman Rizzi
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Frank Dawson
as Henry the Butler
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Chester Gan
as Lee Wong
- Charles Grapewin
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Thurston Hall
as Senator from Texas
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Florence Lake
as Doris
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Trudy Marshall
as Telephone Operator
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Leila McIntyre
as Senator's Wife
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Edward McWade
as Crony
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Lionel Royce
as German U-Boat Commander
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Cecil Weston
as Woman
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Bruce Wong
as Waiter
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Hans Moebus
as German Officer
