Jul 2nd
Run Silent Run Deep**

(US 1958)

A submarine commander forces his way onto a new sub to tackle a Japanese hot-spot in the Pacific.
Quite gripping and efficient WWII underwater thriller (influential for the later likes of The Hunt for Red October, K-19 and Crimson Tide), with performances and general professionalism helping to maintain the suspense, even if the enemy at times just seems to resemble ducks in a shooting gallery.

Written by: John Gray, from the novel by Commander Edward L. Beach Jnr.
Producer: Harold Hecht.
Director: Robert Wise.
Starring: Clark Gable, Burt Lancaster, Jack Warden, Brad Dexter, Mary LaRoche, Don Rickles, Nick Cravat.
Photography: Russell Harlan.
Music: Franz Waxman.

Preceded by:
Les Mistons**
(Fra 1957. Les Films du Carrosse. 18m. bw; Jealous boys try to disrupt a local girl's courtship with a mountain climber. Early Truffaut effort showing plenty of his flair and touching humanity.; w,d: Francois Truffaut; s: Bernadette Lafont, Gerard Blain, Michel Francois (narrator).)