‘Crash Dive’: Orders Beneath the Waves

A WWII submarine action film shows how sailors work as one to defeat the enemy.

The mission is everything with Lt. Ward Stewart (Tyrone Power) and Lt. Cmdr. Dewey Connors (Dana Andrews), in “Crash Dive.” 20th Century-Fox

NR | 1h 46m | Drama, Romance, War | 1943

Director Archie Mayo shot “Crash Dive,” an intense film about submarine warfare, in 1943, right in the middle of World War II. He filmed it in full Technicolor, giving it a bold, almost showy look. The color looks bright and deliberate, in contrast to what audiences were living through at the time.