Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the USS Indianapolis (1991) starring Stacy Keach, Richard Thomas, David Caruso. In 1945, after delivering the atomic bomb that would destroy Hiroshima, the USS Indianapolis is hit by a Japanese torpedo. The ship quickly goes down, and the surviving crew are left floating in the waters of the Philippine Sea. Because the ship's mission is classified, their rescue is delayed for five days. Not only must they battle dehydration and exhaustion, but sharks soon begin swarming around them. Some of the men behave heroically; others lose their minds. Over 800 die. It's all made more dramatic by the fact that it's a true story, stirringly told. Not bad for what was originally a TV movie. Good captions, too. Grade: B+
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