Adventure ·Drama ·War · United States of America · 1943 · 1h 39m

Destroyer

Director

Cast

Edward G. Robinson as Steven 'Boley' Boleslavski Glenn Ford as Mickey Donohue Edgar Buchanan as Kansas Jackson Marguerite Chapman as Mary Boleslavski Regis Toomey as Lt. Cmdr. Clark Warren Ashe as Lt. Bert Marton

Crew

Franz Planer — Director of Photography Gene Havlick — Editor Anthony Collins — Original Music Composer Frank Wead — Screenplay Lewis Meltzer — Screenplay Borden Chase — Screenplay

Tagline

You'll Always Remember . . . And Never Forget . . . Destroyer

Synopsis

Flagwaving story of a new American destroyer, the JOHN PAUL JONES, from the day her keel is laid, to what was very nearly her last voyage. Among the crew, is Steve Boleslavski, a shipyard welder that helped build her, who reenlists, with his old rank of Chief bosuns mate. After failing her sea trials, she is assigned to the mail run, until caught up in a disparate battle with a Japanese sub. After getting torpedoed, and on the verge of sinking, the Captain, and crew hatch a plan to try and save the ship, and destroy the sub.

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