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26/05/1936 Drama, History 1h 12m
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Inspired romance - Bright gallantry - High courage - Against the blood-stained background of a war-torn nation!

Overview

Best friends Kenneth Reynolds and Raymond Jordan are U.S. Navy officers, and Kenneth is engaged to Raymond's sister. But the eruption of the Civil War divides them, as Raymond stands by his native Virginia while Kenneth remains on duty as a Northern officer. Kenneth's uncle, John Ericsson, designs a new kind of ship, an ironclad he calls the Monitor. Eventually the war pits Kenneth, on board the Monitor, against his friend Raymond, serving aboard the South's own ironclad, the Merrimac (as it is called here). A naval battle ensues, one that will go down in history.

  1. Lew Ayres

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. James Dunn

    Lt. Kenneth Reynolds

  2. Mae Clarke

    Constance Jordan

  3. David Manners

    Raymond Jordan

  4. Charlotte Henry

    Julie Buchanan

  5. Henry B. Walthall

    Capt. Buchanan

  6. Fritz Leiber

    Capt. John Ericsson

  7. George Irving

    Commodore Jordan

  8. Smiley Burnette

    Rammer

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-06-19
This is quite a fun tale of the first "Ironclad" naval battles of the American Civil War that pitched the "Merrimac" against the "Monitor". Despite the fact that much of it looks like it was filmed in a large swimming pool, the effects are actually quite good - lots of black smoke and painted ping-pong balls provide for some entertaining sea battle effects. There is a parallel melodrama of brothers forced to take sides, and young love plays in here somewhere too, but that's all just run-of-the mill "humanity" added into what is essentially a boys-own story of sea battles and clever inventions.
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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