Destroyer
# You'll Always Remember . . . And Never Forget . . . Destroyer
📜 Overview:
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.
🌏 Languages Available:
English
📆 Date Released:
1943-08-19
⌚ Running Time:
99 mins
⭐ Vote Average:
6.6
Beloved Cast
Steven 'Boley' Boleslavski
Edward G. Robinson
Mickey Donohue
Glenn Ford
Kansas Jackson
Edgar Buchanan
Mary Boleslavski
Marguerite Chapman
Lt. Cmdr. Clark
Regis Toomey
Lt. Bert Marton
Warren Ashe
Seaman Sarecky
Leo Gorcey
Engineer Casey
Edward Brophy
Marty, a riveter
Eddy Waller
Chief Engineer
Roger Clark
Swab with large nose
Curt Bois
Admiral (Clark's CO)
Kenneth MacDonald
Doctor, finding Boley unfit for further sea duty
Charles D. Brown
Commandant
Cliff Clark
Japanese Submarine Commander
Richard Loo
Japanese Sonar Man
Benson Fong
2nd Fireman (uncredited)
Lloyd Bridges
Doctor #1 (uncredited)
Tris Coffin
2nd Ship Fitter (uncredited)
Bud Geary
Austin (uncredited)
Eddie Hall
Assistant Chief Engineer (uncredited)
Charles McGraw
Radioman (uncredited)
Milburn Stone
Communications Officer (uncredited)
Dennis Moore
Ens. Johnson (uncredited)
Larry Parks
Bigbee's Girl (uncredited)
Shirley Patterson
Survivor (uncredited)
Gene Rizzi
Yeoman
Frank Beckford
Moore
Dean Benton
Doctor
Lynton Brent
Sailor
Roy Brent
Marine / Fireman
Stanley Brown
Cook
George Bruggeman
Sailor's Girl Friend
Alma Carroll
Chief Gunner's Mate
Eddy Chandler
1st Workman
Edmund Cobb
Storekeeper
Eddie Coke
Sarecky's Girl
Eleanor Counts
Pharmacist's Mate
Roy Darmour
Survivor
Eddie Dew
1st Ship Fitter
Lester Dorr
Helmsman
John Estes
Pharmacist's Mate / Bridge Talker
Jerry Franks Jr.
Sailor
Jack Gardner
Collins
Lloyd Hanson
Knife-Eating Sailor
Al Hill
Sobbing Sailor
David Holt
Sobbing Sailor
Bobby Jordan
Thomas
David S. Horsley
Survivor
Mauritz Hugo
Seaman Guard
Stephen Keyes
Marine
George Magrill
Survivor
Don McGill
Justice of the Peace
Robert McKenzie
Signalman
David McKim
Doctor
Frank Melton
Chief Quartermaster
John Merton
Girl
Gertrude Messinger
J.V. Talker
Bob Milton
Postman
Pat O'Malley
Doctor
Paul Perry
Helmsman
Don Peters
Lt. J.C. Randolph
Neil Reagan
J.V. Talker
Mickey Rentschler
Ship Building Foreman
Addison Richards
Survivor
Ronald R. Rondell
Pharmacist's Mate
Clark Ross
Kansas' Dance Partner
Virginia Sale
Chief Machinist's Mate
Charles Sherlock
Workman
George Sherwood
James
Mel Shubert
Marine
John Tyrrell
Sailor
Dale Van Sickel
Justice of the Peace's Wife
Dorothy Vernon
Admiral
Pierre Watkin
Pharmacist's Mate
Frank Wayne
Bigbee
Craig Woods
Storekeeper
Billy Young
