Crash Dive (1943)

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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

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 45 min.
Directed By: Archie Mayo
Written By: Jo Swerling
Genres: Drama, Classics

In Theaters: Apr 22, 1943 Wide
On DVD: May 25, 2004
Studio: Twentieth Century Fox

Critic Reviews

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.
Bob Bloom, Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)
typical WWII drama, a rousing propaganda tool.
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

            Tyrone Power as Lt. Ward Stewart

            Anne Baxter as Jean Hewlett

            Dana Andrews as Lt. Cmdr. Dewey Connors

            James Gleason as McDonnell

            Dame May Whitty as Grandmother

            Henry Morgan as Brownie

            Ben Carter as Oliver Cromwell Jones

            Charles Tannen as Hammond

            Frank Conroy as Capt. Bryson

            John Archer as Curly

            George Holmes as Crew Member

            Minor Watson as (Adm. Bob Stewart)

            Kathleen Howard as Miss Bromley

            David Bacon as Lieutenant

            Stanley Andrews as Captain

            Paul E. Burns as Clerk

            Gene Rizzi as Seaman Rizzi

            Frank Dawson as Henry the Butler

            Chester Gan as Lee Wong

            Charles Grapewin
            
            Thurston Hall as Senator from Texas

            Florence Lake as Doris

            Trudy Marshall as Telephone Operator

            Leila McIntyre as Senator's Wife

            Edward McWade as Crony

            Lionel Royce as German U-Boat Commander

            Cecil Weston as Woman

            Bruce Wong as Waiter

            Hans Moebus as German Officer
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