Crash Dive

Excellent DVD

Takes place during World War 2 Atlantic Theatre.

Although dead before I was born, this guy was an amazing actor and even more amazing partriotic American who did not wait for a commission (he was due) but joined the Marines as a private and moved up through the ranks until Major or Colonel (forgot which). He died of a major heart attack at about 50 in the middle of an action scene. This guy would have far exceeded in Brad Pitt or Richard Gere today. Check out this movie and others!!!

I have to admit I get goose bumps watching this film. It depicts the best of times in our history --a time that inspired patriotism and pride in our country. TYRONE POWER as Lt. Stewart was everything his fans wanted him to be - handsome, funny, heroic, romantic. Anne Baxter and Dana Andrews were well cast in their roles. Dame May Whtty was a darling, and Harry Morgan was a young submariner in one of his first movie roles.This movie won a well-deserved Oscar(1944) for Special Effects. Another interesting fact: at the time Ty Power was signed to play the role of a First Lieutenant in the Navy, in real life he had just enlisted as a Private in the Marines. Ty was already a very experienced pilot. He was to serve 3 years as a Marine pilot in the South Pacific flying the wounded out of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. At the time of his untimely death in 1958, he was a Major in the Marine Corps Reserves.

Crash Dive is presented as a submarine movie, but the sub story is more of a background to the screen romance, which feels as if it occupies about half the film. The exterior sub scenes were filmed with one of the two Mackerel-class "mini-fleet-boats", which were imposed on our submarine service but were too small for the Pacific war; they were assigned to the sub school at New London for officer training. The non-sub scenes occupy about half the screen-time. The story is a very fictional adventure, with a WWI style encounter with a German armed freighter posing as a neutral in the Atlantic, and an equally dubious story about these armed ships being fueled at an island-base, which Power and his volunteers must destroy.Some of the sub clips in this 20th Century Fox production were re-used in the second half of 1943 for brief appearances at the beginning and end of Warner's Destination Tokyo. Crash Dive is not a realistic sub story like Destination Tokyo, but OK if you like amusing romance coupled with old-fashioned "shoot-'em up/blow-'em up" adventure stories.

I liked the movie.

just what i was looking for

First officer replacement that has served aboard battleships, cruisers, destroyers, subs and PT boats is reassigned to subs again, but happens to run into and woo the girlfriend of his new captain. A first cruise results in a run in with a German "Q" ship, a surface raider disguised as a merchantman. The follow on mission leads to the destruction of the secret base of operations.Plenty of color footage of what reportedly is the SS-205 Marlin (1939 Mackerel class of 2 boats), also shots of Elco PT boats, and a Grumman Goose taxiing up the ramp. (The surviving b/w trailer at the lead in may throw you, but the move is in color.)

A thoroughly enjoyable WW2 film. There is so much to like , a lot of humerous moments between Ann Baxter and Tyrone Power characters. Then while in the submarine it becomes tense and exciting.

Great movie with Tyrone Power. All of his movies were very good. He was a great actor.. I liked it very much.

I really enjoyed this film, plenty of action and a little romance, very well acted, bringing back the war years when I was growing up. A film that shouldn't be missed, with Tyrone Power and Dana Andrews at their best.

I saw Crash Dive when I was a kid;since then I wanted to see it again,and have it for my collection.It is a very goodwar movie,and the suspense at the end, makes your palms sweaty.And T.Power is also one my favorite stars.

An OK submarine movie but nothing really special.