Crash Dive (1943) | |
| Director(s) | Archie Mayo |
| Producer(s) | Milton Sperling, Lee S. Marcus (uncredited) |
| Top Genres | Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Thriller/Suspense, War |
| Top Topics | World War II |
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Crash Dive (1943) was a Action - Adventure Film directed by Archie Mayo and produced by Milton Sperling and Lee S. Marcus.
SYNOPSIS
This romantic adventure, set during WWII, features two Navy men vying for the love of the same woman. While heading to Washington, Lieutenant Ward Stewart meets teacher Jean Hewlitt, quickly falls for her, and eventually succeeds in gaining her affection. However, Lieutenant Stewart soon discovers that his new girlfriend is already engaged to his commanding officer. Further complications develop when both officers get assigned to the same submarine and must set off together on a dangerous mission to destroy a Nazi base.
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Final film for Tyrone Power prior to entering military service as a private. He is credited in the film as as Tyrone Power U.S.M.C.R. On 1 October 1942, Power was allowed to defer the start of his military duties in order to complete production on this movie which did not finish shooting until mid-November 1942. Power did not star in another movie until 1946 when he appeared in The Razor's Edge. At the time of Power's death in 1958, he was a Major in the United States Marine Corps Reserves.
Edward Ludwig filled in as director for several days when Archie Mayo was unavailable.
The PT boats seen at the beginning (and for a brief moment, at the end) of the film are Elco 77-foot PTs, the type of boat that saw intense combat against the Japanese Navy's "Tokyo Express" in the Guadalcanal area early in World War II. The wartime second-series Elco 77-footers, which were the same type as PT 59, John F. Kennedy's second command after PT 109 was rammed and sunk, are seldom seen on film, and hardly ever in color.
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Edward Ludwig filled in as director for several days when Archie Mayo was unavailable.
The PT boats seen at the beginning (and for a brief moment, at the end) of the film are Elco 77-foot PTs, the type of boat that saw intense combat against the Japanese Navy's "Tokyo Express" in the Guadalcanal area early in World War II. The wartime second-series Elco 77-footers, which were the same type as PT 59, John F. Kennedy's second command after PT 109 was rammed and sunk, are seldom seen on film, and hardly ever in color.
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