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Director:
Joseph Pevney
Writers:
Kenneth M. Dodson (novel)
Ted Sherdeman (screenplay)
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Release Date:
16 August 1956 (USA) more
Genre:
War | Drama more
Plot:
The story of a U.S. naval ship and its crew in the Pacific, 1943-1945. full summary | add synopsis
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Cast

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Jeff Chandler ... Capt. Jebediah S. Hawks
George Nader ... Lieut. Dave MacDougall
Lex Barker ... Commander Quigley
Julie Adams ... Nadine MacDougall
Keith Andes ... Doctor Bell

Richard Boone ... Lieut. Fraser
William Reynolds ... Ensign Kruger
Charles McGraw ... Lieut. Mike O'Bannion
Jock Mahoney ... Alvick
John McIntire ... Old Man / Film Intro Voice-over

Frank Faylen ... Chief Phillip P. 'Pappy' Moran
James Westerfield ... Boatswain's Mate Chief 'Boots' Torgeson, Coxswain

Don Keefer ... Ensign Twitchell
Kendall Clark ... Lieut. Jackson
George Dunn ... Hubert
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
114 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.00 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Perspecta Stereo (Western Electric Recording)
Certification:
USA:Approved (certificate #17619) | UK:U | West Germany:16 (f) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15
Filming Locations:
U.S. Virgin Islands
Company:
Universal International Pictures (UI) more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The name Bellinda is a fabrication. No ship ever sailed with the hull number of APA-22. The USS Joseph Hewes (AP-50) was designated for reclassification as APA-22 in early 1943, however she was lost in November of 1942 before the change occurred. As the numerical sequence of attack transport hull numbers had already been assigned, the number was not reissued. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: When the boat rocks back and forth when the officer explains why the floors in the mess hall are waxed, there is an external shot that shows the boat and the ocean, the horizon moves with the boat. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "The O'Reilly Factor: (2008-03-26)" (2008) more

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4 out of 5 people found the following comment useful.
Keeping the Belinda Afloat, 6 December 2004
8/10
Author: bkoganbing from Buffalo, New York

Away All Boats is a nice war picture about the captain and crew of a Navy transport ship in World War II. Jeff Chandler is all navy and the total professional as he takes command of the USS Belinda and whips the crew and the ship into professional fighting trim.

But command is a lonely business and the captain is slowly broken down both physically and mentally. In a way, Chandler's Jebediah Hawks is the antithesis of the Captain in Mister Roberts. Chandler is also in one of the less glamorous parts of the Navy, but even as a disciplinarian, he commands respect in a way that James Cagney in Mister Roberts never could and never will.

Chandler gets good support in this film from the rest of the cast which includes such professionals as Richard Boone, George Nader, Lex Barker, and Charles McGraw.

Good war picture, I highly recommend it.

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