Run Silent, Run Deep (film)
Run Silent, Run Deep is a 1958 American black- and- white war film from United Artists.
It was produced by Harold Hecht, directed by Robert Wise, and starred Clark Gable and Burt Lancaster.
The film is based on the novel of the same name by Commander( later Captain) Edward L. Beach Jr..
The title refers to" silent running", a submarine stealth tactic.
The story describes World War II submarine warfare in the Pacific Ocean, and deals with themes of vengeance, endurance, courage, loyalty, and honor and how these can be tested during wartime.
In addition to Gable and Lancaster playing the leads, the film also features Jack Warden, as well as the film debut of Don Rickles.
United Artists promoted" Run Silent, Run Deep" as a combination of the obsessiveness of" Moby Dick"'s Captain Ahab and the shipboard rivalry found in" Mutiny on the Bounty".
Capt. Beach, the author of the book, did not think highly of the film.
He later said that the film company bought only the book title and was not interested in producing an accurate depiction of the theme and plot of his novel.
The Gambler Wore a Gun
The Gambler Wore a Gun is a 1961 Western film.
The film is an uncredited remake of about five different B-westerns of the 1930s and 1940s.
Some plot elements are also taken from 1954 western" The Lone Gun", which starred George Montgomery.
The Lone Gun
The Lone Gun is a 1954 Color Western film directed by Ray Nazarro and starring George Montgomery and Dorothy Malone.
It was originally known as" Adios My Texas".
Ray Nazarro
Ray Nazarro (September 25, 1902 – September 8, 1986) was an American film and television director, producer, and screenwriter.
Budd Boetticher called him a "ten day picture guy".
Edward L. Beach Sr.
Edward Latimer Beach Sr.( June 30, 1867 December 20, 1943) was a United States Navy officer and author.
He served in three of the United States' wars, ranging from the Spanish – American War up through World War I.
He was the father of the future Captain Edward L. Beach Jr. who commanded the nuclear- powered submarine USS" Triton" during her 1960 submerged circumnavigation and wrote the 1955 best- selling novel" Run Silent, Run Deep".
Rob Roy McGregor (US Navy Admiral)
Rob Roy McGregor( 7 Feb 1907 – 5 Sep 2000), was a decorated submarine commander during World War II who reached the rank of Rear Admiral in the United States Navy.
After his retirement, McGregor worked as a technical advisor on the film" Run Silent, Run Deep".
Robert Wise
Robert Earl Wise (September 10, 1914 – September 14, 2005) was an American film director, producer, and editor.
He won Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Picture for both "West Side Story" (1961) and "The Sound of Music" (1965).
He was also nominated for Best Film Editing for "Citizen Kane" (1941) and directed and produced "The Sand Pebbles" (1966), which was nominated for Best Picture.
Among his other films are "The Body Snatcher" (1945), "Born to Kill" (1947), "The Set-Up" (1949), "The Day the Earth Stood Still" (1951), "Destination Gobi" (1953), "This Could Be The Night" (1957), "Run Silent, Run Deep" (1958), "I Want to Live!"
(1958), "The Haunting" (1963), "The Andromeda Strain" (1971), "The Hindenburg" (1975) and  (1979).
Wise was the president of the Directors Guild of America from 1971 to 1975 and the president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences from 1984 through 1987.
Robert Wise has been viewed as a craftsman, inclined to let the (sometimes studio-assigned) story concept set the style.
Later "cineastes", such as Martin Scorsese, insist that despite Wise's legendary workaday concentration on stylistic perfection within the confines of genre and budget, his choice of subject matter and approach still functioned to identify Wise as an artist and not merely an artisan.
Wise achieved critical success as a director in a striking variety of film genres: horror, noir, western, war, science fiction, musical and drama, with many repeat successes within each genre.
Wise's meticulous preparation may have been largely motivated by studio budget constraints, but advanced the moviemaking art.
Robert Wise received the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1998.
Destination Tokyo
Destination Tokyo is a 1943 black and white American submarine war film.
The film was directed by Delmer Daves in his directorial debut, and the screenplay was written by Daves and Albert Maltz, based on an original story by former submariner Steve Fisher.
" Destination Tokyo" stars Cary Grant and John Garfield and features Dane Clark, Robert Hutton, and Warner Anderson, along with John Ridgely, Alan Hale Sr. and William Prince.
" Destination Tokyo" has been called" the granddaddy of submarine films like" Run Silent, Run Deep"( 1958)," Das Boot"( 1981), and" U- 571"( 2000)".
Edward L. Beach Jr.
Edward Latimer Beach Jr.( April 20, 1918 – December 1, 2002), nicknamed" Ned", was a highly decorated United States Navy submarine officer and best- selling author.
During World War II, he participated in the Battle of Midway and 12 combat patrols, earning 10 decorations for gallantry, including the Navy Cross.
After the war, he served as the naval aide to the President of the United States, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and commanded the first submerged circumnavigation.
Beach's best- selling novel," Run Silent, Run Deep", was made into the 1958 movie by the same name.
The son of Captain Edward L. Beach Sr. and Alice Fouché Beach, Beach Jr. was born in New York City and raised in Palo Alto, California.
Don Rickles
Donald Jay Rickles( May 8, 1926 – April 6, 2017) was an American stand- up comedian, actor, and author, known especially for his insult comedy.
His film roles included" Run Silent, Run Deep"( 1958) with Clark Gable and" Kelly's Heroes"( 1970) with Clint Eastwood, and beginning in 1976 he enjoyed a two- year run starring in the NBC television sitcom" C.P.O. Sharkey".
A headline performer at Las Vegas hotel- casinos and peripheral member of the Rat Pack via friendship with Frank Sinatra, Rickles received widespread exposure as a frequent guest on talk and variety shows, including" The Dean Martin Show The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" and" Late Show with David Letterman", and later voicing Mr. Potato Head in the" Toy Story" franchise.
He won a Primetime Emmy Award for the 2007 documentary.

Question: Which film has the director died first, The Lone Gun or Run Silent, Run Deep (Film)?
Answer: The Lone Gun