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Action in the North Atlantic (1943)

APPROVED 126 min  -  Drama | War  -   12 June 1943 (USA)
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Lieutenant Joe Rossi is 1st Officer on a Liberty Ship in a great convoy bound from Halifax to Murmansk... See full summary »

Writers:

John Howard Lawson (screenplay), Guy Gilpatric (story), and 2 more credits »
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Cast

Complete credited cast:
Humphrey Bogart ...
Raymond Massey Raymond Massey ...
Alan Hale Alan Hale ...
Boats O'Hara
Julie Bishop Julie Bishop ...
Pearl O'Neill
Ruth Gordon ...
Mrs. Sarah Jarvis
Sam Levene Sam Levene ...
Abel 'Chips' Abrams
Dane Clark ...
Johnnie Pulaski
Peter Whitney Peter Whitney ...
Whitey Lara
Dick Hogan Dick Hogan ...
Cadet Robert Parker
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Virginia Christine Virginia Christine ...
Pebbles (scenes deleted)
Ray Montgomery Ray Montgomery ...
Aherne (replaced by Tod Andrews) (scenes deleted)
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Storyline

Lieutenant Joe Rossi is 1st Officer on a Liberty Ship in a great convoy bound from Halifax to Murmansk. After German subs crushed the convoy his ship loses the convoy and is heading alone to Murmansk. In spite of attacks by German planes and subs he get the ship safely to Murmansk... Written by Stephan Eichenberg <eichenbe@fak-cbg.tu-muenchen.de>  

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Plot Keywords:

Convoy | Attack | North Atlantic | U Boat | Stock Footage  | See more »

Taglines:

Warner Bros. thunderous story of the men of the merchant marine!

Genres:

Drama | War

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English | German

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Convoi vers la Russie See more »

Filming Locations:

Santa Barbara, California, USA See more »

Company Credits

Production Co:

Warner Bros. Pictures See more »
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Color:

Black and White (archive footage) | Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1
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Trivia

Two of this movie's stars, Julie Bishop and Raymond Massey reprized their roles of Pearl O'Neill and Captain Steve Jarvis on radio in a Lux Radio Theatre show broadcast on 15 May 15 1944. The program also starred George Raft who in an early press release was originally announced as going to star in this movie. See more »

Goofs

Continuity: When the ill-fated Jinks is trapped in the burning rec room during the opening attack, he pounds on the door and flames are flicking through the door frame on the immediate right of him. When one of the crew comes to rescue him, the reverse shot shows no flame whatever within immediate area of the door or frame. See more »

Quotes

Bartender: Did you hurt your hand?
Lt. Joe Rossi: Never do.
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Connections

Featured in Warner at War (2008) See more »

Soundtracks

"Blow the Man Down"
(uncredited)
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