Battle of the Coral Sea (1959)

User Rating:

6.0/10   

Director:

Paul Wendkos

Writers:

Stephen Kandel (story)
Daniel B. Ullman (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

November 1959 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | War | Action | Romance

Plot Keywords:

Escape | Submarine | Beautiful Woman | Prisoner Of War | Minefield

Cast

Cliff Robertson	...	Lt. Cmdr. Jeff Conway
Gia Scala	...	Karen Philips
Teru Shimada	...	Comm. Mori
Patricia Cutts	...	Lt. Peg Whitcomb
Gene Blakely	...	Lt. Len Ross
Rian Garrick	...	Al Schechter
L.Q. Jones	...	Yeoman Halliday
Robin Hughes	...	Maj. Jammy Harris
Gordon Jones	...	Torpedoman Bates
Tom Laughlin	...	Ens. Franklin

Runtime:

86 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-16 | West Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Iverson Ranch, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Morningside Productions

Trivia:

In Nov. 1959, Columbia Pictures distributed this film on a double bill with The Crimson Kimono (1959).

Goofs:

Anachronisms: Japanese frogmen are seen diving with scuba gear which were not invented until a year later in France and were not available to any navy during the war.

Prequel To Midway

This movie is the prequel to the 1976 movie Midway. On May 8, 1942, the Allies won the first major battle of the Pacific War. The Battle of the Coral Sea was technically a draw but it saw a number of firsts_____for example_____it was the first battle fought in

which both sides never saw each other. It was a carrier battle. The first carrier battle actually. Japan lost the carrier Junyo and a destroyer. The United States, surprisingly enough, lost only one carrier, the converted battle cruiser Lexington, and one severely damaged. The Yorktown, which will go down a month later at Midway.