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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- 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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Get them to serve the country...
From the man that would have brought you the Navy Way came a film that, towards the end of the second world war, seemed determined to get those young men in army or navy uniforms to fight for their countries.
So, the story of a deserting Navy captain with a gambling problem who decides to join the troops again, even as a lowly minesweeper and seaman, is perfectly politically correct for the blossoming of the US involvement in the world's biggest monetary conflict to date a.k.a. WWII.
It's obnoxious. The storyline is predictable. The characters are caricatured. People, including myself, are always ready to shoot on Micael Bay's awful Pearl Harbour, but that is nothing more than a film like Minesweeper with a much bigger budget. In the end, it's all about God, country, killing those Japs, and if you die, you die a hero, and everyone is proud of you, cos you were a good kid.
But what can you do? The film isn't laughable, and it's made in a straight forward way that means no harm. As a product of its times and indoctrinations, it can be forgiven, but as a poor film, it cannot.
So, the story of a deserting Navy captain with a gambling problem who decides to join the troops again, even as a lowly minesweeper and seaman, is perfectly politically correct for the blossoming of the US involvement in the world's biggest monetary conflict to date a.k.a. WWII.
It's obnoxious. The storyline is predictable. The characters are caricatured. People, including myself, are always ready to shoot on Micael Bay's awful Pearl Harbour, but that is nothing more than a film like Minesweeper with a much bigger budget. In the end, it's all about God, country, killing those Japs, and if you die, you die a hero, and everyone is proud of you, cos you were a good kid.
But what can you do? The film isn't laughable, and it's made in a straight forward way that means no harm. As a product of its times and indoctrinations, it can be forgiven, but as a poor film, it cannot.
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- Also known as
- Dragor de mine
- Filming locations
- Santa Catalina Island, Channel Islands, California, USA(underwater scenes)
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- Runtime1 hour 7 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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