The story of a Canadian WWII naval vessel, with a dramatic subplot concerning her first captain.
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Title: Corvette K-225 (1943)
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| Randolph Scott | ... | Lieut. Commander MacClain | |
| James Brown | ... | Lt. Paul Cartwright | |
| Ella Raines | ... | Joyce Cartwright | |
| Barry Fitzgerald | ... | Stooky O'Meara | |
| Andy Devine | ... | Walsh | |
| Fuzzy Knight | ... | Cricket | |
| Noah Beery Jr. | ... | Stone | |
| Richard Lane | ... | Vice Admiral | |
| Thomas Gomez | ... | Smithy | |
| David Bruce | ... | Lt. Rawlins | |
| Murray Alper | ... | Jones | |
| James Flavin | ... | 1st Lt. Bill Gardner | |
| Walter Sande | ... | Evans | |
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In 1943, 'Mac' MacClain, Canadian Navy, has lost his ship and many men to a German torpedo. While waiting for a new ship, he befriends Joyce Cartwright, sister of one of his dead officers. We follow the building and launch of new Corvette K-225, the 'HMCS Donnacona'. And who should be Mac's new subaltern but Joyce's other brother Paul, fresh out of the academy. Mac will do his best to make a good officer of Paul...if they both survive their hazardous sea duty. Written by Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
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OFFICIAL ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY ACTION FILM! (print ad - Lubbock Avalanche Journal - Palace Theatre - Lubbock, Texas - May 7, 1944 - all caps) See more »Parents Guide:
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Words and Music by Jimmy Hughes, Frank Lake and Al Stillman
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Bless 'Em All(uncredited)
Words and Music by Jimmy Hughes, Frank Lake and Al Stillman
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29 September 1943 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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****I checked with a military buff friend of mine to be sure, but the Corvette was the Canadian name for a ship that would be classified as a destroyer escort****
I certainly agree with your assessment of the movie, but I'm going to "split a hair or two" about how a Corvette compares to other navy ships.
Actually, a Corvette was quite a bit smaller than an American Destroyer Escort. Corvettes were about 1000 tons and had one engine and screw. DEs had twin screw propulsion and were 1500 tons or more.
A Destroyer Escort was closer to what the Royal Canadian Navy called a Frigate, which was larger and had twin screws. A typical smallish convoy would have a Frigate and 4 Corvettes as its navy escort.
My dad served in the RCN doing convoy duty on HMCS Arnprior, a castle-class Corvette. He always felt that the depiction of a Corvette rolling in heavy seas as shown in the movie was spot on. The RCN joke was that "a Corvette would roll on wet grass".