The Silent Service — Season 1, Episode 1: The Jack at Tokyo
Drama • 30 min • 2 seasons, 78 episodes • ★ 8.0/10
Episode synopsis
A submarine springs a leak while well into Japanese waters. An engineer takes on the dangerous mission of repairing it.
About The Silent Service
The Silent Service was a 1957–1958 syndicated anthology television series based on actual events in the submarine section of the United States Navy. The Silent Service was narrated by Rear Admiral Thomas M. Dykers, who retired from the Navy in 1949 after twenty-two years of service. He began each episode with this refrain: "Tonight, we bring you another thrilling episode of Silent Service stories, of warfare under the sea." Many of the episodes focused on the history of specific submarines, including: ⁕USS Sculpin ⁕USS Nautilus, the first atomic submarine ⁕USS Perch ⁕USS Tang ⁕USS S-38 ⁕USS Tirante ⁕USS Bergall ⁕USS Spearfish ⁕USS Triton ⁕USS Wahoo, and ⁕USS Gato, subject of the series finale. Actors appearing on The Silent Service included Russell Johnson, cast three times in the role of the character "Beach". DeForest Kelley and Leonard Nimoy appeared in two episodes each as Lieutenant Commander James Dempsey and as Sonarman, respectively. Jerry Paris and Liam Sullivan each guest starred twice. Eric Morris appeared in nineteen episodes identified only as "Soldier". Other guest stars included Joe Conley, Mike Connors, Lawrence Dobkin, Ron Hagerthy, Adam Kennedy, Robert Knapp, Paul Richards, Bing Russell, Craig Stevens, Dennis Weaver and Stuart Whitman.
More episodes from Season 1
- E2The Trout at the Rainbow's End
- E3The End of the Line
- E4The Sculpin Story
- E5The Spearfish Delivers
- E6The U.S.S. Bergall's Dilemma
- E7The U.S.S. Batfish Scores
- E8The U.S.S. Tigrone Sets a Record
- E9The Five-Ring Circus
- E10The U.S.S. Pampanito Story
- E11The U.S.S. Tirante Plays a Hunch
- E12The U.S.S. Tang vs. Truk
- E13The Wahoo Story