Foster as a naval officer demoted for dereliction of duty. For the best experience please update your browser. Take the fight to the depths with submarine patrol 3d submarine patrol 3d is a windows 10 game in which you take command of submarines ranging from. Submarine plumbs the depths of selfsatisfaction film. Submarine is cynical, depressive, colorful, and quirky a very british film. A claustrophobic and mannered flagwaver adapted by several hands from ray milhollands novel the splinter fleet of the otranto barrage in which an. Foster has been court martialed, reduced in rank and now in command of a submarine chaser which looks to be the equivalent of a pt boat world war i style. Submarine patrol 1938 is definitely not one of those. He is forced to commandeer a battered old submarine chaser and its ragtag crew. A naval officer is demoted for negligence and put in command of a rundown submarine chaser with a motley crew. Synopsis set during world war i, submarine patrol stars preston s. Submarine patrol is a 1938 film directed by john ford and starring richard greene and nancy kelly. The illassorted crew of a world war i submarine chaser become heroes in the thick of battle.
And i wouldnt claim theres much fordian about it either. Movie info set during world war i, submarine patrol stars preston s. Ayoades film has absorbed the influences of wes anderson and michel gondry in its deadpan ironies and block capital sansserif titles, but its still really personal and. One of the lesser known feature films of john ford has richard greene and preston foster costarring in submarine patrol. Yet back in the 80s, if oliver and his girlfriend jordana are anything to.
It is somewhere between a comedy and drama, with the comedy mostly revolving around scenes of embarrassment. Rent submarine 2011 starring craig roberts and yasmin paige on dvd and bluray. Anxious to redeem himself, foster transforms his loser underlings into a crack combat team, chalking up numerous enemy sinkings. Us submarine that vanished on 1st mission in wwii is found. In that respect its probable the only movie he made during the second half of 1930s that didnt have potential. Many of todays adolescents may seem gauche, mulish and angry.
The supporting cast includes preston foster, george bancroft, elisha cook, jr. Except for the one thing that keeps this mildly pleasant. A naval officer is demoted for negligence and put in command of a rundown submarine chaser and with a motley crew. He is forced to commandeer a battered old submarine chaser and its. Submarine patrol 1938 11251938 us adventure, drama 1h 35m user score. Overview of submarine patrol, 1938, directed by john ford, with richard greene, nancy kelly, preston foster, at turner classic movies. Nearly 80 years ago, the uss grunion submarine sank on its inaugural mission during world war ii, taking the lives of 70 sailors with it as it plunged to the bottom of the pacific. Take the fight to the depths with submarine patrol 3d.
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