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19/08/1943 Adventure, Drama, War 1h 39m
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You'll Always Remember . . . And Never Forget . . . Destroyer

Overview

Flagwaving story of a new American destroyer, the JOHN PAUL JONES, from the day her keel is laid, to what was very nearly her last voyage. Among the crew, is Steve Boleslavski, a shipyard welder that helped build her, who reenlists, with his old rank of Chief bosuns mate. After failing her sea trials, she is assigned to the mail run, until caught up in a disparate battle with a Japanese sub. After getting torpedoed, and on the verge of sinking, the Captain, and crew hatch a plan to try and save the ship, and destroy the sub.

  1. William A. Seiter

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Edward G. Robinson

    Steven 'Boley' Boleslavski

  2. Glenn Ford

    Mickey Donohue

  3. Edgar Buchanan

    Kansas Jackson

  4. Marguerite Chapman

    Mary Boleslavski

  5. Regis Toomey

    Lt. Cmdr. Clark

  6. Warren Ashe

    Lt. Bert Marton

  7. Leo Gorcey

    Seaman Sarecky

  8. Edward Brophy

    Engineer Casey

  9. Eddy Waller

    Marty, a riveter

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-04-04
It's really just a bit of wartime propaganda this - extolling the sterling efforts of the US Navy destroyer. From the build, through it's launch and maritime trials, this film follows "Boley" (Edward G. Robinson) who served on the last "USS John Paul Jones" and is determined to serve on this one. That determination causes upset with the younger "Donohue" (Glenn Ford) who is bumped of that gig - and the two men just don't get along. "Donohue" takes up with the older man's daughter "Mary" (Marguerite Chapman) and that just adds to their tensions. At sea - where this film spends nowhere near enou...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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