After deserting from the U.S. Navy in the 1930s, an officer re-enlists under a fake name after Pearl Harbor and serves on a minesweeper.After deserting from the U.S. Navy in the 1930s, an officer re-enlists under a fake name after Pearl Harbor and serves on a minesweeper.After deserting from the U.S. Navy in the 1930s, an officer re-enlists under a fake name after Pearl Harbor and serves on a minesweeper.
Billy Nelson
- Bos'un 'Freshwater' Heims
- (as Bill Nelson)
William 'Billy' Benedict
- Inoculations Corpsman
- (uncredited)
Ralph Dunn
- Madigan
- (uncredited)
Edward Earle
- Officer at Briefing
- (uncredited)
Jack Gardner
- Ship Officer Lookout
- (uncredited)
Jody Gilbert
- Fat Girl in Bar
- (uncredited)
Jon Gilbreath
- Sailor
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
- TriviaThe failure of the original copyright holder to renew the film's copyright resulted in it falling into public domain, meaning that virtually anyone could duplicate and sell a VHS/DVD copy of the film. Therefore, many of the versions of this film available on the market are either severely (and usually badly) edited and/or of extremely poor quality, having been duped from second- or third-generation (or more) copies of the film.
- Quotes
CPO Ichabod Ferdinand 'Fixit' Smith: You get Liberty?
Richard Houston - aka Jim 'Tennessee' Smith: Till tomorrow.
CPO Ichabod Ferdinand 'Fixit' Smith: I got 48 hours and boy I'm gonna eat my way right through it!
- Crazy creditsOpening credits prologue: DECEMBER 1941
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At best, ordinary....
Perhaps my score of 4 is a bit generous. All I know is that this isn't the sort of film I'd heartily recommend, as it's pretty dull and pretty cheap.
The film begins with Richard Arlen traveling the rails. He's a hobo with a secret--and a very patriotic hobo at that. It's just after Pearl Harbor and Arlen has a fight with his fellow 'bos about the war and volunteering. Soon, Arlen meets up with Guinn Williams (in one of his better roles) and the two go off to volunteer with the US Navy. Williams was a retired navy man and Arlen seems to have some knowledge of the navy BUT he also has a secret. What it is and why he's posing as someone else is something you'll have to see for yourself---if you care.
The film is only occasionally entertaining, but to me finding out Arlen's secret wasn't worth time I invested in this WWII propaganda film. Aside from Williams' nice part, the rest of the cast just seemed pretty dull and the story was, at best, lackluster--showing the earmarks of a B-movie produced by a third-rate studio.
The film begins with Richard Arlen traveling the rails. He's a hobo with a secret--and a very patriotic hobo at that. It's just after Pearl Harbor and Arlen has a fight with his fellow 'bos about the war and volunteering. Soon, Arlen meets up with Guinn Williams (in one of his better roles) and the two go off to volunteer with the US Navy. Williams was a retired navy man and Arlen seems to have some knowledge of the navy BUT he also has a secret. What it is and why he's posing as someone else is something you'll have to see for yourself---if you care.
The film is only occasionally entertaining, but to me finding out Arlen's secret wasn't worth time I invested in this WWII propaganda film. Aside from Williams' nice part, the rest of the cast just seemed pretty dull and the story was, at best, lackluster--showing the earmarks of a B-movie produced by a third-rate studio.
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- planktonrules
- Jul 19, 2011
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- Language
- Also known as
- Dragor de mine
- Filming locations
- Santa Catalina Island, Channel Islands, California, USA(underwater scenes)
- Production company
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- Runtime1 hour 7 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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