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Not long after Pearl Harbor, the U.S. scrambles for ships to put to sea – ships like the dry-docked WWI destroyer Warren. An "old Noah's Ark," scoffs Lt. Gregg Masterman (Robert Taylor), a Harvard-schooled Bostonian ensconced in a cushy desk job. Care to guess who will be volunteered to be the aged ship's executive officer? The character of a callow young man who ultimately proves his worth is one Taylor had played before, notably in A Yank at Oxford and Flight Command. A stellar cast – Charles Laughton, Brian Donlevy, Walter Brennan – joins him in a tale that veers into comic waters (the crew become awkward caretakers of a bevy of infants rescued at sea) before steaming full ahead into the strategies and salvos of fiery battle action in the Pacific.
Original Release
12/31/1942
US Release
12/31/1942
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Robert Taylor | Lieut. Gregg Masterman |
Charles Laughton | Rear Admiral Stephen Thomas |
Brian Donlevy | Lieut. Comdr. Martin J. Roberts / Lieut. Cmdr. Martin Roberts |
Walter Brennan | Chief Yeoman Henry Johnson |
Marilyn Maxwell | Audrey Carr |
Henry O'Neill | Cmdr. Stone M.C / Comdr. Stone, M.C. |
Marta Linden | Mary Collins |
Chill Wills | Chief Boatswain's Mate Jenks / Mate Jenks, Chef-Bootsmann |
Douglass Dumbrille | Capt. Ludlow / Captain Ludlow |
Richard Quine | Ensign Lindsay |
Directors
Writers
George Bruce, John L. Balderston, Herman J. Mankiewicz, Harvey S. Haislip, R.C. Sherriff, Laurence Kirk
Cast
Name | Character |
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Robert Taylor | Lieut. Gregg Masterman |
Charles Laughton | Rear Admiral Stephen Thomas |
Brian Donlevy | Lieut. Comdr. Martin J. Roberts / Lieut. Cmdr. Martin Roberts |
Walter Brennan | Chief Yeoman Henry Johnson |
Marilyn Maxwell | Audrey Carr |
Henry O'Neill | Cmdr. Stone M.C / Comdr. Stone, M.C. |
Marta Linden | Mary Collins |
Chill Wills | Chief Boatswain's Mate Jenks / Mate Jenks, Chef-Bootsmann |
Douglass Dumbrille | Capt. Ludlow / Captain Ludlow |
Richard Quine | Ensign Lindsay |
William Tannen | Flag Lt. Dudley / Flag Lieut. Dudley |
Douglas Fowley | Ensign Martin |
Tim Ryan | Lt. Tim Ryan / Lieut. Tim Ryan |
Dick Simmons | Lt. (jg) Royce / Lieut. (j.g.) Royce |
Byron Foulger | Pharmacist's Mate 'Doc' Miller |
Hobart Cavanaugh | Carpenter's Mate 'Chips' |
Inez Cooper | Susan Garrison |
Ben Welden | Chief Quartermaster Rankin |
Harry Fleischmann | Chief Signalman |
Ernie Alexander | Sailor in Boat |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Robert Z. Leonard | Producer |
Orville O. Dull | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1944 | Oscar | Best Effects, Special Effects | Nominated |