Forester's 1955 novel "The Good Shepherd." Director Aaron Schneider says it was crucial to continue Hanks' streak of realistic World War II dramas following his starring role in "Saving Private Ryan" (Hanks also wrote and produced "Band of Brothers" and "The Pacific" miniseries.) "Greyhound" (now streaming on Apple TV+) says onscreen that it's "inspired by actual events," with Hanks adapting the screenplay from C.S. Ernest Krause leads the destroyer USS Keeling (code-named Greyhound), escorting vital troops and supplies to England through an infamously dangerous section of the North Atlantic while battling wolf packs of Nazi U-boats. Tom Hanks enters dangerous seas in his World War II drama "Greyhound." It is a triumph of large-scale, historical storytelling, and an indisputable classic naval war movie.Watch Video: 'Greyhound' movie trailer: Tom Hanks confronts Nazi U-boats The film boasts one of the King of Cool’s all-time greatest performances, which scored him his first and only Academy Award nomination. The 1966 film was released to widespread acclaim, as well as garnered some controversy due to its hard-to-ignore parallels to the then-escalating conflict in Vietnam.
Jake’s independent attitude sparks hostility among the gunboat crew, while jingoistic posturing escalates into bloody conflict. Steve McQueen plays the rebellious machinist Jake Holman, who joins the crew of the USS San Pablo, a gunboat sent to quell disputes between Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalists and warlords in the area.
The film is a sweeping three-hour historical epic set in 1926, depicting the American naval operation known as the “Yangtze Patrol,” which was intended to maintain peace at the treaty ports along the longest river in China. Taking the top spot on our list of the greatest movies to portray naval warfare is Robert Wise’s The Sand Pebbles.
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