“1196 men aboard, 5 days in water, 317 survived”
USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage
5.9
665 votes·2016
·2h 8m
·MovieActionWar
Overview
The harrowing true story of the crew of the USS Indianapolis, who were stranded in the Philippine Sea for five days after delivering the atomic weapons that would eventually end WWII. As they awaited rescue, they endured extreme thirst, hunger, and relentless shark attacks.
Commercial Verdict
Disaster
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Keywords
world war iishark attackbased on true storynaval warfarepacific ocean1940snaval disasterhallucinationsopen-sea survivalatomic bomb deliverytorpedo attacknaval battlefield
Cast
Nicolas Cage
Captain McVay
Tom Sizemore
McWhorter
Matt Lanter
Bama
Thomas Jane
Chuck Gwinn
Emily Tennant
Clara
Craig Tate
Garrison
Cody Walker
West
James Remar
Admiral Parnell
Max Ryan
Lt. Chuck Gwinn
Currie Graham
Captain Ryan
Callard Harris
Lt. Standish
Brian Presley
Waxman
Patrice Cols
Jean-Pierre
Shamar Sanders
Quinn
Yutaka Takeuchi
Commander Hashimoto
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