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Destroyer

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Calorie Rating: 139
Released: 1943-08-19
MPAA Rating: NR
Running Time: 99 Minutes
Studios: Columbia Pictures,


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.

Director / Directors

Milton Carter
Assistant Director


Cast

Edward G. Robinson
Character: Steven 'Boley' Boleslavski
Glenn Ford
Character: Mickey Donohue
Edgar Buchanan
Character: Kansas Jackson

Marguerite Chapman
Character: Mary Boleslavski
Regis Toomey
Character: Lt. Cmdr. Clark
Warren Ashe
Character: Lt. Bert Marton

Leo Gorcey
Character: Seaman Sarecky
Edward Brophy
Character: Engineer Casey
Eddy Waller
Character: Marty, a riveter

Roger Clark
Character: Chief Engineer
Curt Bois
Character: Swab with large nose
Kenneth MacDonald
Character: Admiral (Clark's CO)

Charles D. Brown
Character: Doctor, finding Boley unfit for further sea duty
Cliff Clark
Character: Commandant
Richard Loo
Character: Japanese Submarine Commander

Benson Fong
Character: Japanese Sonar Man
Lloyd Bridges
Character: 2nd Fireman (uncredited)
Tris Coffin
Character: Doctor #1 (uncredited)

Bud Geary
Character: 2nd Ship Fitter (uncredited)
Eddie Hall
Character: Austin (uncredited)
Charles McGraw
Character: Assistant Chief Engineer (uncredited)

Milburn Stone
Character: Radioman (uncredited)
Dennis Moore
Character: Communications Officer (uncredited)
Larry Parks
Character: Ens. Johnson (uncredited)

Shirley Patterson
Character: Bigbee's Girl (uncredited)
Gene Rizzi
Character: Survivor (uncredited)
Frank Beckford
Character: Yeoman

Dean Benton
Character: Moore
Lynton Brent
Character: Doctor
Roy Brent
Character: Sailor

Stanley Brown
Character: Marine / Fireman
George Bruggeman
Character: Cook
Alma Carroll
Character: Sailor's Girl Friend

Eddy Chandler
Character: Chief Gunner's Mate
Edmund Cobb
Character: 1st Workman
Eddie Coke
Character: Storekeeper

Eleanor Counts
Character: Sarecky's Girl
Roy Darmour
Character: Pharmacist's Mate
Eddie Dew
Character: Survivor

Lester Dorr
Character: 1st Ship Fitter
John Estes
Character: Helmsman
Jerry Franks Jr.
Character: Pharmacist's Mate / Bridge Talker

Jack Gardner
Character: Sailor
Lloyd Hanson
Character: Collins
Al Hill
Character: Knife-Eating Sailor

David Holt
Character: Sobbing Sailor
Bobby Jordan
Character: Sobbing Sailor
David S. Horsley
Character: Thomas

Mauritz Hugo
Character: Survivor
Stephen Keyes
Character: Seaman Guard
George Magrill
Character: Marine

Don McGill
Character: Survivor
Robert McKenzie
Character: Justice of the Peace
David McKim
Character: Signalman

Frank Melton
Character: Doctor
John Merton
Character: Chief Quartermaster
Gertrude Messinger
Character: Girl

Bob Milton
Character: J.V. Talker
Pat O'Malley
Character: Postman
Paul Perry
Character: Doctor

Don Peters
Character: Helmsman
Neil Reagan
Character: Lt. J.C. Randolph
Mickey Rentschler
Character: J.V. Talker

Addison Richards
Character: Ship Building Foreman
Ronald R. Rondell
Character: Survivor
Clark Ross
Character: Pharmacist's Mate

Virginia Sale
Character: Kansas' Dance Partner
Charles Sherlock
Character: Chief Machinist's Mate
George Sherwood
Character: Workman

Mel Shubert
Character: James
John Tyrrell
Character: Marine
Dale Van Sickel
Character: Sailor

Dorothy Vernon
Character: Justice of the Peace's Wife
Pierre Watkin
Character: Admiral
Frank Wayne
Character: Pharmacist's Mate

Craig Woods
Character: Bigbee
Billy Young
Character: Storekeeper


Production and Crew

Frank Wead
Screenplay
Lewis Meltzer
Screenplay

Borden Chase
Screenplay
Morris Stoloff
Music Director
Frank Tuttle
Interior Designer

Anthony Collins
Original Music Composer
Cary Odell
Assistant Art Director
Lionel Banks
Art Direction

Franz Planer
Director of Photography