Last night we watched another WWII submarine drama Laura gave us, Destination Tokyo. This one we rate a little higher then Run Silent, Run Deep - 1958. Great story and acting. We felt these boys were a little more manly then some other sub movies.
Review by Laila Valente
Destination Tokyo is the first movie directed by Delmer Daves, chosen by CG himself. It was a very good choice. Grant is Cassidy, the captain of the USS Copperfin, a submarine with a very dangerous mission: to unload some observers in the Tokyo bay to gain information for a massive air raid. The submarine is pursued by the enemy at the Aleutians, gets hit by a bomb, cuts through a mine field and safety escapes a depth bombing. There are also moments of crisis within the crew: the diffusion of a bomb in the hull and an unexpected appendicitis. The movie ends with the family of Cassidy waiting for him on the quay.
Destination Tokyo is a notable action movie (135 min.), maybe one of the best contributions to the "underwater" war. All the interpretations are cool, moderate and very masculine. Cassidy is everything you may want from CG : straight, sober, brave and strategically unbeatable. He leads his men and at the same time is one of them. He does not lose control in the decisive moments, but he has no fear in telling he is scared to die. If you love men in uniforms, watch carefully the first appearance of CG in blue- navy suit: gorgeous!
Very cool - I love these old movies :-)
ReplyDeleteI LOVED it!!! (Of course there are the usual fast- forward scenes...) It was fun to see a lot of actors we knew... many from Objective Burma.
ReplyDeleteWe'll have to watch it again, I saw the first 15 minutes and then was a bit distracted (in a good way)!
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