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Destroyer

- You'll Always Remember . . . And Never Forget . . . Destroyer

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.

Release Date : 1943-08-19

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Columbia Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Steven 'Boley' Boleslavski

Original Name : Edward G. Robinson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mickey Donohue

Original Name : Glenn Ford

Gender : Male

Character Name : Kansas Jackson

Original Name : Edgar Buchanan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mary Boleslavski

Original Name : Marguerite Chapman

Gender : Female

Character Name : Lt. Cmdr. Clark

Original Name : Regis Toomey

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lt. Bert Marton

Original Name : Warren Ashe

Gender : Male

Character Name : Seaman Sarecky

Original Name : Leo Gorcey

Gender : Male

Character Name : Engineer Casey

Original Name : Edward Brophy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Marty, a riveter

Original Name : Eddy Waller

Gender : Male

Character Name : Chief Engineer

Original Name : Roger Clark

Gender : Male

Character Name : Swab with large nose

Original Name : Curt Bois

Gender : Male

Character Name : Admiral (Clark's CO)

Original Name : Kenneth MacDonald

Gender : Male

Character Name : Doctor, finding Boley unfit for further sea duty

Original Name : Charles D. Brown

Gender : Male

Character Name : Commandant

Original Name : Cliff Clark

Gender : Male

Character Name : Japanese Submarine Commander

Original Name : Richard Loo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Japanese Sonar Man

Original Name : Benson Fong

Gender : Male

Character Name : 2nd Fireman (uncredited)

Original Name : Lloyd Bridges

Gender : Male

Character Name : Doctor #1 (uncredited)

Original Name : Tris Coffin

Gender : Male

Character Name : 2nd Ship Fitter (uncredited)

Original Name : Bud Geary

Gender : Male

Character Name : Austin (uncredited)

Original Name : Eddie Hall

Gender : Male

Character Name : Assistant Chief Engineer (uncredited)

Original Name : Charles McGraw

Gender : Male

Character Name : Radioman (uncredited)

Original Name : Milburn Stone

Gender : Male

Character Name : Communications Officer (uncredited)

Original Name : Dennis Moore

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ens. Johnson (uncredited)

Original Name : Larry Parks

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bigbee's Girl (uncredited)

Original Name : Shirley Patterson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Survivor (uncredited)

Original Name : Gene Rizzi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Yeoman

Original Name : Frank Beckford

Gender : Male

Character Name : Moore

Original Name : Dean Benton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Doctor

Original Name : Lynton Brent

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sailor

Original Name : Roy Brent

Gender : Male

Character Name : Marine / Fireman

Original Name : Stanley Brown

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cook

Original Name : George Bruggeman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sailor's Girl Friend

Original Name : Alma Carroll

Gender : Male

Character Name : Chief Gunner's Mate

Original Name : Eddy Chandler

Gender : Male

Character Name : 1st Workman

Original Name : Edmund Cobb

Gender : Male

Character Name : Storekeeper

Original Name : Eddie Coke

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sarecky's Girl

Original Name : Eleanor Counts

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pharmacist's Mate

Original Name : Roy Darmour

Gender : Male

Character Name : Survivor

Original Name : Eddie Dew

Gender : Male

Character Name : 1st Ship Fitter

Original Name : Lester Dorr

Gender : Male

Character Name : Helmsman

Original Name : John Estes

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pharmacist's Mate / Bridge Talker

Original Name : Jerry Franks Jr.

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sailor

Original Name : Jack Gardner

Gender : Male

Character Name : Collins

Original Name : Lloyd Hanson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Knife-Eating Sailor

Original Name : Al Hill

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sobbing Sailor

Original Name : David Holt

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sobbing Sailor

Original Name : Bobby Jordan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Thomas

Original Name : David S. Horsley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Survivor

Original Name : Mauritz Hugo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Seaman Guard

Original Name : Stephen Keyes

Gender : Male

Character Name : Marine

Original Name : George Magrill

Gender : Male

Character Name : Survivor

Original Name : Don McGill

Gender : Male

Character Name : Justice of the Peace

Original Name : Robert McKenzie

Gender : Male

Character Name : Signalman

Original Name : David McKim

Gender : Male

Character Name : Doctor

Original Name : Frank Melton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Chief Quartermaster

Original Name : John Merton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Girl

Original Name : Gertrude Messinger

Gender : Female

Character Name : J.V. Talker

Original Name : Bob Milton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Postman

Original Name : Pat O'Malley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Doctor

Original Name : Paul Perry

Gender : Male

Character Name : Helmsman

Original Name : Don Peters

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lt. J.C. Randolph

Original Name : Neil Reagan

Gender : Male

Character Name : J.V. Talker

Original Name : Mickey Rentschler

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ship Building Foreman

Original Name : Addison Richards

Gender : Male

Character Name : Survivor

Original Name : Ronald R. Rondell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pharmacist's Mate

Original Name : Clark Ross

Gender : Male

Character Name : Kansas' Dance Partner

Original Name : Virginia Sale

Gender : Female

Character Name : Chief Machinist's Mate

Original Name : Charles Sherlock

Gender : Male

Character Name : Workman

Original Name : George Sherwood

Gender : Male

Character Name : James

Original Name : Mel Shubert

Gender : Male

Character Name : Marine

Original Name : John Tyrrell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sailor

Original Name : Dale Van Sickel

Gender : Male

Character Name : Justice of the Peace's Wife

Original Name : Dorothy Vernon

Gender : Female

Character Name : Admiral

Original Name : Pierre Watkin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pharmacist's Mate

Original Name : Frank Wayne

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bigbee

Original Name : Craig Woods

Gender : Male

Character Name : Storekeeper

Original Name : Billy Young

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

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 enough time - the ship has more than a few teething problems and the crew start to think more of "Boley" as a Jonah. Of course, it can't end that way - we know that the first half hour is merely a preamble to some rousing sea action from their beleaguered vessel. Were it to have been more of an adventure film, then I would probably have enjoyed it better, but it's really not much of anything. Ford doesn't impose himself at all, and though Robinson has a pugnacity to his character, the message just sort of gets lost in the weakly directed and written delivery. Fair-to-middling.