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Action in the North Atlantic (1943) 7.0
An American tanker is sunk by a German U-boat and the survivors spend eleven days at sea on a raft. They're next assigned to the liberty ship "Sea Witch" bound for Murmansk through the sub-stalked North Atlantic. Director:Lloyd Bacon |
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Title: Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
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Nominated for 1 Oscar.
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Boats O'Hara
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Julie Bishop | ... |
Pearl O'Neill
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Mrs. Sarah Jarvis
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Abel 'Chips' Abrams
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Johnnie Pulaski
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Peter Whitney | ... |
Whitey Lara
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Dick Hogan | ... |
Cadet Robert Parker
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Virginia Christine | ... |
Pebbles
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Ray Montgomery | ... |
Aherne
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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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Warner Bros. thunderous story of the men of the merchant marine!Parents Guide:
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USARelease Date:
12 June 1943 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Heroes Without Uniforms See more »Company Credits
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Mono (RCA Sound System)Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1
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Gun crewman: Why?
Goldberg: I'd take a subway home.
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Very few early World War II films featured African-Americans in the US military. Star Humphrey Bogart was quoted in 'The Pittsburgh Courier' on 26 September 1942 as saying that he wanted to have a black Merchant Marine captain in this film. He said, "In the world of the theatre or any other phase of American life, the color of a man's skin should have nothing to do with his rights in a land built upon the self-evident fact that all men are created equal." See more »Goofs
The entire time the crew is in the Crew Mess Hall the clock above the door reads 4:15, it never changes time. See more »Quotes
Goldberg: [During night-time sound blackout] I wish I was in Times Square.Gun crewman: Why?
Goldberg: I'd take a subway home.
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"Action in the North Atlantic" contained all the stock clichés, including the well-integrated crew with each member delivering his own stereotyped ethnic exhortations, the traditional burial at sea of a prized compatriot, and a tough stand against the enemy…
All the performers took a back seat to the special effects as two spectacularly staged shipboard explosions and fires dominated the film…
As, respectively, the lieutenant and captain aboard a merchant-marine ship, Bogart and Massey had little real chance to show much more than pure determination in their roles, but both alternated effectively between moments of tenderness when on shore with their loved ones (Julie Bishop for Bogart, Ruth Gordon for Massey) and extreme courage on board ship…
Both men uttered the usual wartime banalities as the enemy, consistently portrayed as vicious and inhuman, went about its business of machine-gunning men in lifeboats, maniacally smiling all the while…
Firmly directed by Lloyd Bacon, "Action in the North Atlantic" still works as a war actioner…