Submarine Seahawk
{{Short description|1958 film by Spencer Gordon Bennet}}
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| name = Submarine Seahawk
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| director = Spencer Gordon Bennet
| producer = Alex Gordon
Orville H. Hampton
| writer =
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| screenplay = Lou Rusoff
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| starring = John Bentley
Brett Halsey
Wayne Heffley
| music = Alexander Laszlo
| cinematography = Gilbert Warrenton
| editing = Homer Powell
Ronald Sinclair
| studio = Golden State Productions
| distributor = American International Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1958|12}}
| runtime = 83 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
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Submarine Seahawk is a 1958 World War II film directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and starring John Bentley and Brett Halsey. The film was originally released as a double feature with Paratroop Command. The plot tells the story of a by-the-book officer (in his first command in the Pacific war) who is ordered to take his submarine on a reconnaissance mission to locate a fleet of Japanese fighting ships the Allies have lost track of. At first, the rest of the crew resent his distant manner and the way he keeps avoiding taking on the Japanese.
Plot
The plot tells the story of a by-the-book officer (in his first command in the Pacific war) who replaces a captain the crew likes but against his wishes is needed on shore. The new captain is ordered to take his submarine on a reconnaissance mission to locate a fleet of Japanese fighting ships the Allies have lost track of. At first the rest of the crew resent his distant manner and the way he keeps avoiding taking on the Japanese. In time they learn why and the captain begins to understand how to get along with his officers and crew. The fleet is found and the captain calls in bombers on his own position. Some of the crew are trapped in a flooding compartment and accept that they will be abandoned if it is needed to save the boat. Eventually they are rescued and the submarine escapes, sinking an aircraft carrier on the way back to Pearl Harbor.
Cast
- John Bentley as Lt. Cmdr. Paul Turner
- Brett Halsey as Lt. (j.g.) David Shore
- Wayne Heffley as Cmdr. Dean Stoker
- Steve Mitchell as CPO Andy Flowers
- Henry McCann as Seaman Ellis Bellis
- Paul Maxwell as Lt. Bill Hallohan, XO
- Nicky Blair as Sam
- Frank Gerstle as Capt. Boardman
- Jan Brooks as Mrs. Ellen Turner
- Mabel Rea as Maisie
- Leon Tyler as Ed
- Hal Bogart as Radio Operator
- Frank Watkins as Bearded Sonar Man
- Don Fenwick as Radio Operator
- Marilyn Hanold as Nancy
Production
Submarine Seahawk was the last film produced by Alex Gordon for AIP. Gordon was unhappy that he was never given money owed for his films - a complaint echoed by others who worked for AIP including Jack Rabin, Edward Bernds, Herman Cohen, Sid Pink and Bert I. Gordon.{{cite book |first=Gary A. |last=Smith |title=American International Pictures: The Golden Years |publisher=Bear Manor Media |year=2013 |page=104}} Gordon also recalled his permission to use footage to from the 1943 Warner Bros. films Destination Tokyo and Air Force through his brother Richard Gordon.{{cite book |page=95 |last=Weaver |first=Tom |chapter=Alex Gordon Interview |title=Eye on Science Fiction: 20 Interviews with Classic SF and Horror Filmmakers |publisher=McFarland |date=1 January 2003}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0052256}}
- {{tcmdb title|id=91792}}
Category:American International Pictures films
Category:Films about the United States Navy in World War II
Category:World War II submarine films
Category:1950s English-language films
Category:Films directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet
Category:Films scored by Alexander László
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