Tom Hanks stars as a first-time naval captain in this 2020 World War II drama, leading a convoy of Allied ships across a stretch of ocean nicknamed the 'Black Pit,' where no air cover can reach them.
What is Greyhound about?
Commander Ernest Krause has never led a convoy into combat before, and his first assignment drops him straight into the most dangerous leg of an Atlantic crossing: five days with dozens of ships and thousands of troops exposed to German U-boats and no aircraft overhead to help. Krause has to coordinate an entire fleet under constant, unpredictable attack, weighing every order against the survival of the ships around him. The film stays close to the bridge of his ship, tracking the toll that days without rest and a string of near-misses take on a commander making life-or-death decisions one after another. Aaron Schneider directs, keeping the drama anchored in procedure and pressure rather than in any single dramatic reveal.
About the cast
Tom Hanks leads the cast as Captain Krause, with Elisabeth Shue and Stephen Graham in key supporting roles, and Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Lee Norris, Karl Glusman, and Tom Brittney rounding out the crew aboard the convoy's ships.
Context & significance
Greyhound sits within a long line of Second World War naval dramas, but narrows its scope to a single convoy crossing rather than the broader war effort, which keeps the tension close and specific. Released in 2020 and running 91 minutes, the film favors tight shipboard staging over large-scale spectacle, tracking sonar pings, signal flags, and split-second calls rather than sweeping battle scenes. Aaron Schneider directs a story built almost entirely around one commander's judgment under sustained pressure, with the ocean itself, rather than any single enemy vessel, standing in as the constant threat throughout the crossing.
Watching Greyhound on Ktime
Greyhound is available on K-Time with a free account login, in English with both a Persian dub and Persian subtitles, so Farsi-speaking viewers can choose either version. The K-Time interface itself runs in Farsi, which makes queuing up a wartime drama like this one straightforward.