Crash Dive (1943)

6.4/10 106 min War Romance Drama Action Adventure Thriller

Overview

A US Navy submarine, the USS Corsair, is operating in the North Atlantic, hunting German merchant raiders that are preying on Allied shipping. Its new executive officer, Lt. Ward Stewart, has been transferred back into submarines after commanding his own PT boat. At the submarine base in New London, Connecticut, he asks his new captain, Lt. Cmdr. Dewey Connors, for a weekend leave to settle his affairs before taking up his new assignment. On a train bound for Washington D.C., Stewart accidentally encounters New London school teacher Jean Hewlett and her students. Despite her initial resistance to his efforts, he charms her and they fall in love.

Cast

Tyrone Power

Lt. Ward Stewart

Anne Baxter

Jean Hewlett

Dana Andrews

Lt. Cdr. Dewey Connors

James Gleason

Chief Mike 'Mac' McDonnell

May Whitty

Grandmother

Harry Morgan

Brownie

Ben Carter

Oliver Cromwell Jones

Stanley Andrews

Shipwrecked Captain (uncredited)

John Archer

Curly Bowman (uncredited)

Gene Rizzi

Seaman Rizzi (uncredited)

Frank Conroy

Capt. Bryson

Fred Aldrich

German Seaman

Brooks Benedict

Angry Man at Hotel Registration Desk

Paul E. Burns

Simmons - Desk Clerk

Harry Carter

Sailor

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