USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage
2016 · Movie · 2h 8m · R
ActionWar
"1196 men aboard, 5 days in water, 317 survived"
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.
Ratings
IMDb
5.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes
18%
Metacritic
30/100
Key crew
- Mario Van PeeblesDirector
- Richard Rionda Del CastroWriter
- Laurent EyquemOriginal Music Composer
- Cam CannonWriter
Cast
- Nicolas CageCaptain McVay
- Tom SizemoreMcWhorter
- Matt LanterBama
- Thomas JaneChuck Gwinn
- Emily TennantClara
- Craig TateGarrison
- Cody WalkerWest
- James RemarAdmiral Parnell
- Max RyanLt. Chuck Gwinn
- Currie GrahamCaptain Ryan
- Callard HarrisLt. Standish
- Brian PresleyWaxman
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Themes
world war iishark attackbased on true storynaval warfarepacific ocean1940snaval disasterhallucinationsopen-sea survivalatomic bomb deliverytorpedo attacknaval battlefield