Submarine Command

Submarine Command

87 mins | Drama, War | Nov. 1, 1951

Submarine commander Ken White is forced to suddenly submerge, leaving his captain and another crew member to die outside the sub during WW II. Subsequent years of meaningless navy ground assignments and the animosity of a former sailor, leave White (now a captain) feeling guilty and empty. His life spirals downward and his wife is about to leave him. Suddenly, he is forced into a dangerous rescue situation at the start of the Koren War.... reassigned to the same submarine where all of his problems began.

Submarine Command

87 mins | Drama, War | Nov. 1, 1951

Submarine Command
Submarine commander Ken White is forced to suddenly submerge, leaving his captain and another crew member to die outside the sub during WW II. Subsequent years of meaningless navy ground assignments and the animosity of a former sailor, leave White (now a captain) feeling guilty and empty. His life spirals downward and his wife is about to leave him. Suddenly, he is forced into a dangerous rescue situation at the start of the Koren War.... reassigned to the same submarine where all of his problems began.
IMDb rating 6.2
Producers Paramount
Original title Submarine Command
Directors Clem Jones, Ralph Axness, John Farrow
Writers Jonathan Latimer

Cast

William Holden

as Lt. Cmdr. Ken White

Nancy Olson

as Carol

William Bendix

as CPO Boyer

Don Taylor

as Lt. Cmdr. Peter Morris

Arthur Franz

as Lt. Arnie Carlson

Darryl Hickman

as Ens. Jack Wheelwright

Peggy Webber

as Mrs. Alice Rice

Moroni Olsen

as Rear Adm. Joshua Rice

Jack Gregson

as Cmdr. Joshua Rice

Jack Kelly

as Lt. Paul Barton

Don Dunning

as Quartermaster Perkins

Jerry Paris

as Sgt. Gentry

Charles Meredith

as Adm. Tobias

Philip Van Zandt

as Gavin

Gordon Polk

as Ralph

Walter Reed

as Chief O'Flynn

George Wallace

as Chief Herb Bixby

John Close

as Frogman (as John V. Close)

Harold Fong

as Korean Officer