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Submarine Patrol

  • 1938
  • Passed
  • 1h 35m
IMDb RATING
6.0/10
262
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Elisha Cook Jr., Preston Foster, Douglas Fowley, Richard Greene, Dick Hogan, Nancy Kelly, and Slim Summerville in Submarine Patrol (1938)
ActionAdventureDrama

A naval officer is demoted for negligence and put in command of a run-down submarine chaser and with a motley crew.A naval officer is demoted for negligence and put in command of a run-down submarine chaser and with a motley crew.A naval officer is demoted for negligence and put in command of a run-down submarine chaser and with a motley crew.

  • Director
    • John Ford
  • Writers
    • Rian James
    • Darrell Ware
    • Jack Yellen
  • Stars
    • Richard Greene
    • Nancy Kelly
    • Preston Foster
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.0/10
    262
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • John Ford
    • Writers
      • Rian James
      • Darrell Ware
      • Jack Yellen
    • Stars
      • Richard Greene
      • Nancy Kelly
      • Preston Foster
    • 4User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
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    Submarine Patrol (1938)
    Lon Chaney Jr. and Preston Foster in Submarine Patrol (1938)
    Elisha Cook Jr. and Richard Greene in Submarine Patrol (1938)
    Richard Greene and Nancy Kelly in Submarine Patrol (1938)
    George Bancroft, Preston Foster, Richard Greene, Nancy Kelly, and Slim Summerville in Submarine Patrol (1938)
    George Bancroft, Richard Greene, and Nancy Kelly in Submarine Patrol (1938)
    Ward Bond, Elisha Cook Jr., Douglas Fowley, Richard Greene, Dick Hogan, Warren Hymer, Nancy Kelly, Jack Pennick, Maxie Rosenbloom, and George E. Stone in Submarine Patrol (1938)
    Richard Greene and Nancy Kelly in Submarine Patrol (1938)

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    Richard Greene
    Richard Greene
    • Perry Townsend III
    Nancy Kelly
    Nancy Kelly
    • Susan Leeds
    Preston Foster
    Preston Foster
    • Lt. (j.g.) John C. Drake
    George Bancroft
    George Bancroft
    • Capt. Leeds
    Slim Summerville
    Slim Summerville
    • Ellsworth 'Spuds' Fickett - Cook
    John Carradine
    John Carradine
    • McAllison
    Joan Valerie
    Joan Valerie
    • Anne
    Henry Armetta
    Henry Armetta
    • Luigi
    Dick Hogan
    Dick Hogan
    • Seaman Johnny Miller
    Warren Hymer
    Warren Hymer
    • Seaman Rocky Haggerty
    Elisha Cook Jr.
    Elisha Cook Jr.
    • Seaman Rutherford Davis Pratt - aka 'The Professor'
    Douglas Fowley
    Douglas Fowley
    • Seaman Pinky Brett
    J. Farrell MacDonald
    J. Farrell MacDonald
    • CWO 'Sails' Quincannon
    George E. Stone
    George E. Stone
    • Seaman Irving Goldfarb
    Jack Pennick
    Jack Pennick
    • Bos'un 'Guns' McPeek
    Maxie Rosenbloom
    Maxie Rosenbloom
    • Marine Sentry Sgt. Joe Duffy
    • (as Max 'Slapsie Maxie' Rosenbloom)
    Charles Trowbridge
    Charles Trowbridge
    • Rear Admiral Joseph Maitland
    Moroni Olsen
    Moroni Olsen
    • The Fleet Captain
    • Director
      • John Ford
    • Writers
      • Rian James
      • Darrell Ware
      • Jack Yellen
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    • Trivia
      In a 1984 interview by Claude Ventura & Philippe Garnier, Elisha Cook Jr. described how he lost half the thumb on his left hand making this picture. He was up on deck during a storm scene and they unleashed a ton of water which took him over the side. While trying to catch himself, a piece of piano wire wrapped around his thumb and cut it off. John Ford then comes up to him and says "That was a helluva shot Cookie" to which Cook replied "It sure was Mr. Ford. I just cut my thumb off". Ford then passed out.

      Interview is on You Tube under the title: Cinéma Cinémas - Elisha Cook Jr. - 1984.
    • Goofs
      At a wedding ceremony Perry (Richard Greene) sends a message to say he's been ordered to Malta. As his ship is sailing he shouts a to Susan 'See you in Gibraltar'
    • Quotes

      CWO 'Sails' Quincannon: Where are ye goin' ye ole sea dog? Not with them greenhorns, I hope? You know what they''ll do, don't ya? They'll get full o' beer and play round with a lot o' pretty girls. C'mon. You and me is goin' to see the cathedral!

    • Connections
      Featured in Directed by John Ford (1971)
    • Soundtracks
      Santa Lucia
      (uncredited)

      Written by Teodoro Cottrau

      Arranged by Charles Maxwell

    User reviews4

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    6/10
    World War I navy story
    One of the lesser known feature films of John Ford has Richard Greene and Preston Foster co-starring in Submarine Patrol. Foster has been court martialed, reduced in rank and now in command of a submarine chaser which looks to be the equivalent of a PT boat World War I style. He's also been given a really green and rank crew.

    Greene is a fresh young squirt with connections and looks like he got a part that possibly Tyrone Power rejected at 20th Century Fox. It's just like the kind of hero/heel role that Power was beginning to make a specialty of. He's not happy being assigned to a submarine chaser, but orders are orders as he's firmly told.

    The ship's first job is to escort a convoy and on one of them is Nancy Kelly, daughter of Captain George Bancroft. Bancroft ain't liking Greene no way, no how with his preppy rich boy attitude. But Greene is persistent here and persistent in showing Foster that he can be counted on in a pinch.

    A lot of the rest of the crew is made up of Ford regulars like Jack Pennick, J. Farrell MacDonald, and Ward Bond. The usual monkeyshines associated with a Ford military picture are all present here. Take particular note of the harassed cook Slim Summerville who seems only to be able to make and serve lamb stew and the bookish Elisha Cook who actually earns his BA while on board the ship.

    Submarine Patrol is not likely to be rated as one of his best, but Ford does not make bad ones for the most part.
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    • Release date
      • November 25, 1938 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Suicide Fleet
    • Filming locations
      • 20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA(Studio)
    • Production company
      • Twentieth Century Fox
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 35 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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