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Crash Dive [VHS]

Tyrone Power (Actor), Anne Baxter (Actor), Archie Mayo (Director) Rated:
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Format: VHS Tape
4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 244 ratings
IMDb6.4/10.0
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Format NTSC, Color, Closed-captioned
Contributor W.R. Burnett, Dame May Whitty, David Bacon, Stanley Andrews, Dana Andrews, Darryl F. Zanuck, Milton Sperling, Tyrone Power, Anne Baxter, John Archer, Leon Shamroy, Lee S. Marcus, Jo Swerling, James Gleason, Ben Carter, William Goetz, Harry Morgan, Fred Aldrich, Brooks Benedict, Archie Mayo See more
Language English, German
Runtime 1 hour and 46 minutes
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This romantic adventure, set during World War II, features two Navy men vying for the love of the same woman. Tyrone Powers stars as Lieutenant Ward Stewart, a rakish Navy man recently assigned to a new post on a submarine. While on a train headed to Washington D.C., Stewart meets teacher Jean Hewlitt (Anne Baxter), quickly falls for her, and eventually succeeds in gaining her affection. What Stewart doesn't know is that Hewlitt is the girlfriend of his commanding officer, Lt. Commander Dewey Connors (Dana Andrews). After a dangerous mission is completed, Stewart asks Hewlitt to marry him, and she accepts. Further complications develop when both officers set off together on a dangerous mission to destroy a Nazi base--after Connors discovers that his subordinate has been pursuing his women. CRASH DRIVE is a fine drama, presenting a love triangle that truly tests the conflicts between romantic love and loyalty to one's friends and one's country.

Product details

  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English, German
  • Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.32 x 4.19 x 1.12 inches; 6.13 ounces
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Archie Mayo
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 46 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ June 1, 1994
  • Date First Available ‏ : ‎ February 9, 2007
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Tyrone Power, Anne Baxter, Dana Andrews, James Gleason, Dame May Whitty
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ 20th Century Fox
  • Producers ‏ : ‎ Darryl F. Zanuck, Lee S. Marcus, Milton Sperling, William Goetz
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 6303102484
  • Writers ‏ : ‎ Jo Swerling, W.R. Burnett
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 244 ratings

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4.3 out of 5 stars
4.3 out of 5
244 global ratings

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Thomas J. Duffy
5.0 out of 5 stars Great DVD
Reviewed in the United States on March 31, 2024
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Excellent DVD
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Larry Odegard
4.0 out of 5 stars loved the movie
Reviewed in the United States on October 20, 2023
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I liked the movie.
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Charlene
5.0 out of 5 stars Tyrone Power is amazing!
Reviewed in the United States on August 10, 2022
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Although dead before I was born, this guy was an amazing actor and even more amazing partriotic American who did not wait for a commission (he was due) but joined the Marines as a private and moved up through the ranks until Major or Colonel (forgot which). He died of a major heart attack at about 50 in the middle of an action scene. This guy would have far exceeded in Brad Pitt or Richard Gere today. Check out this movie and others!!!
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jayltracy
5.0 out of 5 stars great movie thanks
Reviewed in the United States on October 19, 2023
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just what i was looking for
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John P. Meshkoff II
3.0 out of 5 stars Crash Dive -- A Tyrone Power Fan-Flick
Reviewed in the United States on September 16, 2012
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Crash Dive is presented as a submarine movie, but the sub story is more of a background to the screen romance, which feels as if it occupies about half the film. The exterior sub scenes were filmed with one of the two Mackerel-class "mini-fleet-boats", which were imposed on our submarine service but were too small for the Pacific war; they were assigned to the sub school at New London for officer training. The non-sub scenes occupy about half the screen-time. The story is a very fictional adventure, with a WWI style encounter with a German armed freighter posing as a neutral in the Atlantic, and an equally dubious story about these armed ships being fueled at an island-base, which Power and his volunteers must destroy.

Some of the sub clips in this 20th Century Fox production were re-used in the second half of 1943 for brief appearances at the beginning and end of Warner's Destination Tokyo. Crash Dive is not a realistic sub story like Destination Tokyo, but OK if you like amusing romance coupled with old-fashioned "shoot-'em up/blow-'em up" adventure stories.
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paco
4.0 out of 5 stars Crash Dive
Reviewed in the United States on April 19, 2013
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Good war yarn about submarine action in the atlantic during WWII. Subplot problem occurs between the Captain and the Executive Officer when it is discovered that they unwarily have been courting the same girl. Mutual respect is restored when a mission leads to a unknown Nazi supply base.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Well done WWII film, extraordinarily realistic battle scenes. Good quality DVD,,,,,,
Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2012
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I have to admit I get goose bumps watching this film. It depicts the best of times in our history --a time that inspired patriotism and pride in our country. TYRONE POWER as Lt. Stewart was everything his fans wanted him to be - handsome, funny, heroic, romantic. Anne Baxter and Dana Andrews were well cast in their roles. Dame May Whtty was a darling, and Harry Morgan was a young submariner in one of his first movie roles.
This movie won a well-deserved Oscar(1944) for Special Effects. Another interesting fact: at the time Ty Power was signed to play the role of a First Lieutenant in the Navy, in real life he had just enlisted as a Private in the Marines. Ty was already a very experienced pilot. He was to serve 3 years as a Marine pilot in the South Pacific flying the wounded out of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. At the time of his untimely death in 1958, he was a Major in the Marine Corps Reserves.
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C. Andrews
5.0 out of 5 stars Note to naval enthusiasts
Reviewed in the United States on September 10, 2014
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First officer replacement that has served aboard battleships, cruisers, destroyers, subs and PT boats is reassigned to subs again, but happens to run into and woo the girlfriend of his new captain. A first cruise results in a run in with a German "Q" ship, a surface raider disguised as a merchantman. The follow on mission leads to the destruction of the secret base of operations.

Plenty of color footage of what reportedly is the SS-205 Marlin (1939 Mackerel class of 2 boats), also shots of Elco PT boats, and a Grumman Goose taxiing up the ramp. (The surviving b/w trailer at the lead in may throw you, but the move is in color.)
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Elainey
5.0 out of 5 stars A good film
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 18, 2018
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A thoroughly enjoyable WW2 film. There is so much to like , a lot of humerous moments between Ann Baxter and Tyrone Power characters. Then while in the submarine it becomes tense and exciting.
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talbot
5.0 out of 5 stars Great movie with Tyrone Power
Reviewed in Canada on August 27, 2016
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Great movie with Tyrone Power. All of his movies were very good. He was a great actor.. I liked it very much.
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christine crotty
5.0 out of 5 stars Going back in time.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 24, 2017
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I really enjoyed this film, plenty of action and a little romance, very well acted, bringing back the war years when I was growing up. A film that shouldn't be missed, with Tyrone Power and Dana Andrews at their best.
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movie cat
4.0 out of 5 stars Rating, Crash Dive
Reviewed in Canada on December 26, 2012
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I saw Crash Dive when I was a kid;since then I wanted to see it again,and have it for my collection.It is a very good
war movie,and the suspense at the end, makes your palms sweaty.And T.Power is also one my favorite stars.
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Edward R.
3.0 out of 5 stars Three Stars
Reviewed in Canada on December 1, 2014
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An OK submarine movie but nothing really special.
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