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Away All Boats (1956)

Approved | | Drama, War | 16 August 1956 (USA)
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The story of a U.S. naval ship and its crew in the Pacific, 1943-1945.

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Cast overview, first billed only:
... Capt. Jebediah S. Hawks
... Lt. Dave MacDougall
... Cmdr. Quigley
... Nadine MacDougall
... Dr. Bell
... Lt. Fraser
... Ens. Kruger
... Lt. Mike O'Bannion
... Alvick
... Old Man / Film Intro Voice-over
... Chief Phillip P. 'Pappy' Moran
... 'Boats' Torgeson
... Ens. Twitchell
Kendall Clark ... Lt. Jackson
George Dunn ... Hubert
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The story of USS 'Belinda', Attack Transport PA22, launched late 1943 with regular-navy captain Hawks and ex-merchant captain MacDougall as boat commander. Despite personal friction, the two have plenty to deal with as the only experienced officers on board during the "shakedown." Almost laughable incompetence gradually improves, but the crew remains far from perfect when the ship sees action, landing troops on enemy beachheads. And few anticipate the challenges in store at Okinawa... Written by Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>

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Exciting, inspiring story of battle action in Pacific Theater See more »

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$3,500,000, 31 December 1956
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Kerama Retto is mentioned as the destination of the Belinda after she is seriously damaged by a kamikaze. This island, about a dozen miles southwest of Okinawa, was taken by the 77th Infantry Division at the start of the invasion, and used as both a staging area and an emergency anchorage, exactly as shown in the movie. See more »

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Commander Quigley is given command of the APA Peacock. There was no USS Peacock during World War II. See more »

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Capt. Jebediah S. Hawks: [to his officers on the bridge] Rehearsals from now on will be with troops. Please do not drown them. They are needed for future commitments to battle.
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Informative To A Degree
18 September 2005 | by – See all my reviews

AWAY ALL BOATS differs from a lot of war movies at the time . It's shot in colour ( Don't forget that many prestigious war movies from the mid 1950s were still being done in monochrome )and doesn't suffer from the seriously deadpan pseudo intellectualism of many other war films of that period

The setting for the story is on the USS Belinda , a navy transport ( Assualt ? ) ship in the Pacific campaign . It should be pointed out that AWAY ALL BOATS is also a film that doesn't concentrate on action , so don't go into this film expecting massive explosions all the way through because it's a much more thoughtful film than that . We see why discipline is needed , why it's a bad idea to wax a floor on a ship and why aircraft identification is very important , it was very rare in those days for Hollywood to show a friendly fire scene and after seeing this movie you'll feel as though you've just served alongside Captain Hawks

A war film that's possibly more informative than it is exciting but one that has merit
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