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Destroyer
1943, Aug 19
1h 39m
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.
Directed by
William A. Seiter
Edward G. Robinson
Steven 'Boley' Boleslavski
Charles McGraw
Assistant Chief Engineer (uncredited)
Edgar Buchanan
Kansas Jackson
Lloyd Bridges
2nd Fireman (uncredited)
Milburn Stone
Radioman (uncredited)
Glenn Ford
Mickey Donohue
Addison Richards
Ship Building Foreman
Richard Loo
Japanese Submarine Commander
David Holt
Sobbing Sailor
Edmund Cobb
1st Workman
Mickey Rentschler
J.V. Talker
Curt Bois
Swab with large nose
Edward Brophy
Engineer Casey
Tristram Coffin
Doctor #1 (uncredited)
Cliff Clark
Commandant
Robert McKenzie
Justice of the Peace
Pat O'Malley
Postman
Benson Fong
Japanese Sonar Man
Regis Toomey
Lt. Cmdr. Clark
Larry Parks
Ens. Johnson (uncredited)
Roger Clark
Chief Engineer
John Merton
Chief Quartermaster
Kenneth MacDonald
Admiral (Clark's CO)
Dale Van Sickel
Sailor
Marguerite Chapman
Mary Boleslavski
Lynton Brent
Doctor
Eddy Waller
Marty, a riveter
Bud Geary
2nd Ship Fitter (uncredited)
Gertrude Messinger
Girl
Dorothy Vernon
Justice of the Peace's Wife
Bobby Jordan
Sobbing Sailor
Leo Gorcey
Seaman Sarecky
Eddie Hall
Austin (uncredited)
Shirley Patterson
Bigbee's Girl (uncredited)
Mauritz Hugo
Survivor
John Tyrrell
Marine
George Magrill
Marine
Charles D. Brown
Doctor, finding Boley unfit for further sea duty
Virginia Sale
Kansas' Dance Partner
Al Hill
Knife-Eating Sailor
Stanley Brown
Marine / Fireman
Dennis Moore
Communications Officer (uncredited)
Eddy Chandler
Chief Gunner's Mate
Lester Dorr
1st Ship Fitter
Pierre Watkin
Admiral
Eddie Dew
Survivor
Frank Melton
Doctor
Charles Sherlock
Chief Machinist's Mate
Warren Ashe
Lt. Bert Marton
Dean Benton
Moore
Ronald R. Rondell
Survivor
Gene Rizzi
Survivor (uncredited)
Frank Beckford
Yeoman
Roy Brent
Sailor
George Bruggeman
Cook
Alma Carroll
Sailor's Girl Friend
Eddie Coke
Storekeeper
Eleanor Counts
Sarecky's Girl
Roy Darmour
Pharmacist's Mate
John Estes
Helmsman
Jerry Franks Jr.
Pharmacist's Mate / Bridge Talker
Jack Gardner
Sailor
Lloyd Hanson
Collins
Stephen Keyes
Seaman Guard
Don McGill
Survivor
David McKim
Signalman
Bob Milton
J.V. Talker
Paul Perry
Doctor
Don Peters
Helmsman
Neil Reagan
Lt. J.C. Randolph
Clark Ross
Pharmacist's Mate
George Sherwood
Workman
Mel Shubert
James
Frank Wayne
Pharmacist's Mate
Craig Woods
Bigbee
Billy Young
Storekeeper
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