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Crash Dive (1943)

Directed by Archie Mayo · 106 min · War, Romance, Drama, Action, Adventure, Thriller

11.7 TOPICAL score · #5,400 of 6,776 films

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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.

Crash Dive (1943, directed by Archie Mayo) has a TOPICAL score of 11.7 - ranked 5,400 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on awards and audience, and lowest on historical impact. It won 1 award from 1 nomination, including the Academy Award for Best Special Effects. Audiences: TMDB 6.4/10 (27 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 11 languages.

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Critics-
Audience28
Awards67
Historical impact10
Lasting engagement15
Cast25
Legacy & cult status-

Starring: Tyrone Power (actor #1,374), Anne Baxter (actor #364), Dana Andrews (actor #810), James Gleason (actor #1,575)

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