MISSION OF THE SHARK: THE SAGA OF THE U.S.S. INDIANAPOLIS (CBS-TVM 9/4/91)

MISSION OF THE SHARK: THE SAGA OF THE U.S.S. INDIANAPOLIS (CBS-TVM 9/4/91)On its return from a top secret assignment in the Pacific in 1945 after delivering the atomic bomb that would be used to destroy Hiroshima, the USS Indianapolis is hit with a Japanese torpedo. But because the crew's mission is veiled in secrecy, their rescue is delayed for five long days. Stacy Keach, Richard Thomas and David Caruso star in this wartime drama based on actual events, the true story of shipwrecked sailors who must fight to stay alive

On its return from a top-secret assignment in the Pacific in 1945 after delivering the atomic bomb that would be used to destroy Hiroshima, the USS Indianapolis is hit with a Japanese torpedo. But because the crew's mission is veiled in secrecy, their rescue is delayed for five long days. Stacy Keach, Richard Thomas and David Caruso star in this wartime drama based on actual events, the true story of shipwrecked sailors who must fight to stay alive amid a school of hungry sharks in the Philippine Sea. Also stars Jeffrey Nordling, Andrew Prine, Steve Landesberg, Carrie Snodgress, Don Harvey. (Digital, 100 min)