Fictional account of the role played by a somewhat impetuous US Naval commander in developing the first means of launching missiles from submarines.Fictional account of the role played by a somewhat impetuous US Naval commander in developing the first means of launching missiles from submarines.Fictional account of the role played by a somewhat impetuous US Naval commander in developing the first means of launching missiles from submarines.
Zachary Charles
- Crewman Mack
- (as Zachary A. Charles)
Hugh Beaumont
- Maj. Wilson
- (uncredited)
Robert Bice
- Airbase Military Police Officer
- (uncredited)
Helen Brown
- Navy Nurse
- (uncredited)
Harry Cheshire
- First Senator
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaThe guided missiles are U.S. Navy's KGW-1 missiles, later redesignated LTV-N-2, developed from V-1 Buzz Bombs created by the Germans in WWII. They may have been used in the manner shown in the movie for Operation Downfall, the invasion of Japan to end WWII.
- GoofsAfter finally abandoning his canes and braces, Cmdr. Talbot, on the first Test Mission, has toured the submarine and tells the Admiral "it's good to walk through the ship again, Sir". A submariner would not have referred to a submarine as a "ship", rather, he would have called her "the boat".
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DULL...LACKLUSTER...PROPAGANDA...ASSEMBLY-LINE...BY-THE-BOOK...NON-ENTITY
It Never Ceases to Amaze.
The Parade of Never-Ending Boasting from the Governmental Influence on Hollywood in the Post-WWII Years.
Taking Victory-Lap After Victory-Lap at the Expense of Good Taste and Humility.
Yes We (the Allies) Defeated Evil in Another Us vs Them Slaughter for the Sake of Saving Humanity from Itself.
We Won the War...Hurrah.
A Good Example of the Hollywood Unbridled Assault on Movie-Goer Sensibility and Tolerance,
is those Prolog "Government is Your Friend" Embarrassments that got Tacked-On Otherwise Good Movies.
Some "Authority Figure" Reading from Cue-Cards About this and that to Pacify and Glorify.
Back to this Movie.
It is a Forgotten-Film and Deserves the Neglect.
Wasting Glen Ford and other Valuable Resources the Movie Plays-Out Like a Military Training Short.
Void of Creativity and Any Entertainment Value.
File this One in the Dust-Bin of Hollywood History with those Other Obsoletes.
Because this Contains Absolutely Nothing Worth Anyone's Time..
The Parade of Never-Ending Boasting from the Governmental Influence on Hollywood in the Post-WWII Years.
Taking Victory-Lap After Victory-Lap at the Expense of Good Taste and Humility.
Yes We (the Allies) Defeated Evil in Another Us vs Them Slaughter for the Sake of Saving Humanity from Itself.
We Won the War...Hurrah.
A Good Example of the Hollywood Unbridled Assault on Movie-Goer Sensibility and Tolerance,
is those Prolog "Government is Your Friend" Embarrassments that got Tacked-On Otherwise Good Movies.
Some "Authority Figure" Reading from Cue-Cards About this and that to Pacify and Glorify.
Back to this Movie.
It is a Forgotten-Film and Deserves the Neglect.
Wasting Glen Ford and other Valuable Resources the Movie Plays-Out Like a Military Training Short.
Void of Creativity and Any Entertainment Value.
File this One in the Dust-Bin of Hollywood History with those Other Obsoletes.
Because this Contains Absolutely Nothing Worth Anyone's Time..
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