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Summary
U. S. Navy Lieutenant Gregg Masterman, of The Harvard and Boston Back Bay Mastermans, learned about the sea while winning silver cups sailing his yacht. He climbs swiftly in rank, and is now Junior Aide to Rear Admiral Stephen Thomas.
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Audiences 38GoodWatch 49
IMDb6.5
Audience score11%
Running time
1 h 49 min
A typical length for action movies
typical 108109Half of all action movies run 96–127 min.
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Streams in 2 countries, rent or buy in 3 more
Released
1942
December 31, 1942
84 years ago
Genres
ActionDramaWarComedyLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
Academy Awards1944
- Best Special Effects1944Nominated
Rated
- NRUnited States
and 31 more36 people
- Robert TaylorLieut. Gregg Masterman
- Charles LaughtonRear Admiral Stephen Thomas
- Brian DonlevyLieut. Cmdr. Martin Roberts
- Walter BrennanChief Yeoman Henry Johnson
- Chill WillsMate Jenks, Chef-Bootsmann
- Marilyn MaxwellAudrey Carr
- Henry O'NeillCmdr. Stone M.C
- Marta LindenMary Collins
Douglass DumbrilleCapt. Ludlow
Richard QuineEnsign Lindsay
William TannenFlag Lt. Dudley
Douglas FowleyEnsign Martin
Tim RyanLt. Tim Ryan
Dick SimmonsLt. (jg) Royce
Byron FoulgerPharmacist's Mate 'Doc' Miller
Hobart CavanaughCarpenter's Mate 'Chips'
Inez CooperSusan Garrison
Ben WeldenChief Quartermaster Rankin- HFHarry FleischmannChief Signalman
Douglas WoodSen. Masterman (uncredited)
Spec O'DonnellJason (uncredited)
Theodore von EltzCommander (uncredited)
Elizabeth RussellExpectant Mother (uncredited)
Hal Le SueurLookout (uncredited)
Directing · 1
- Robert Z. Leonard Director
Writing · 6
- Herman J. Mankiewicz Screenplay
- George Bruce Screenplay
- John L. Balderston Screenplay
- Laurence Kirk Story
- R.C. Sherriff Original Story
- Harvey S. Haislip Original Story
Camera · 1
- Charles Rosher Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- George Boemler Editor
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