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Writers:
Borden Chase (story)
Earl Baldwin (adaptation) ...
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Release Date:
30 October 1942 (USA) more
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Plot:
A U.S. Navy crew aboard a merchant marine ship battle Nazis. | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. more
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John Paul Jones Would Be Proud more (3 total)

Cast

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Pat O'Brien ... Chief Michael 'Mike' Mallory
George Murphy ... Lieutenant Thomas L. 'Tom' Sands
Jane Wyatt ... Myra Mallory
Jackie Cooper ... Joe 'Babe' Duttson
Carl Esmond ... Richard 'Dutch' Kroner
Max Baer ... Coxswain G. Berringer

Desi Arnaz ... Pat Tarriba
Ray Collins ... Captain McCall
Lee Bonnell ... Kovac
Frank Jenks ... Sampier
John Maguire ... James Bayless
Frank Fenton ... Hodum
Joey Ray ... James Dennis
Marten Lamont ... Lieut. Comdr. Murray, navy doctor
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Additional Details

Runtime:
82 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The world premiere was held on Navy Day, 27 October 1942 at the Treasure Island Naval Base in San Francisco, California, USA. more
Goofs:
Continuity: At the start of the first battle as the gun's breech mechanism is opened fumes emerge. This could only happen if the gun had just been fired. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Moonlight Serenade (1998) more
Soundtrack:
Symphony No.40 in G Minor, K.550 more

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John Paul Jones Would Be Proud, 14 March 2005
Author: cutterccbaxter from minneapolis, minnesota, on the planet Earth

Before the Village People popularized the United States Navy with their song "In The Navy" this aquatic based branch of the armed forces was featured in many a Hollywood film during World War Two. "The Navy Comes Through" is one of those films and it features Pat O'Brien and George Murphy who are at odds with each other as they head out to sea as part of a gunnery crew to sink Nazi vessels. The overall theme to the film is a common one to WW II era war movies. A group of men with disparate backgrounds (in this case an Austrian-American, Ricky Ricardo, the ubiquitous guy from Brooklyn, and the boy who will become a man once he has seen some action) are thrown together to stick it to the Nazis. The idea is that America, the land of the melting- pot, can prevail over totalitarianism as long as everyone is willing to pull together. During the movie O'Brien's acting style is consistently blunt. The interior of the German subs are enormous. The action is well paced, and in the end the Navy really does comes through.

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