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Torpedo Run is a 1958 American war film directed by Joseph Pevney and starring Glenn Ford as a World War II submarine commander in the Pacific who is obsessed with sinking a particular Japanese aircraft carrier. The film's working title was Hell Below. [2]
Slewfoot – the crew's nickname for a PT boat whose number is never given, in Torpedo Run by Robb White, 1962; Speranza – Arrival and Departure by Arthur Koestler, 1943; Spirit of the Hudson – riverboat casino in Backflash by Donald E. Westlake writing as Richard Stark, 1998
Gwyllyn Samuel Newton Ford (May 1, 1916 – August 30, 2006), known as Glenn Ford, was a Canadian-American actor. He was most prominent during Hollywood's Golden Age as one of the biggest box-office draws of the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s, and had a career that lasted more than 50 years.
Born in New York City, [3] Pevney made his debut in vaudeville as a boy soprano in 1924. [3] Although he hated vaudeville, he loved the theatre and developed a career as a stage actor, appearing in such plays as Home of the Brave, The World We Make, Key Largo, Golden Boy and Nature Son.
Torpedo Run (1958) North by Northwest (1959) The Wreck of the Mary Deare (1959) Ben-Hur (1959) Atlantis, the Lost Continent (1961) How the West Was Won (1962) Mutiny On The Bounty (1962) The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964) The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
See if you know the answers to these Christmas movie trivia questions on your favorite holiday films including "Elf," "Home Alone," "Christmas Story" and more.
Away All Boats is a 1956 American war film directed by Joseph Pevney and starring Jeff Chandler, George Nader, Lex Barker, and Julie Adams.It was produced by Howard Christie from a screenplay by Ted Sherdeman based on the 1953 novel by Kenneth M. Dodson (1907–1999), who served on the USS Pierce (APA-50) in World War II and used his experiences there as a guide for his novel.
Torpedo Run! plays on a 34½ × 46½ inch game board, intended for use on the floor. [1] Game pieces include 2 battleships, 6 cruisers, and 2 submarine shooters.A total of 36 plastic ammunition chips can be loaded into ship pieces to be fired during the game.