Stand By For Action

Not long after Pearl Harbor, the U.S. scrambles for ships to put to sea ships like the dry-docked WWI destroyer Warren. An old Noahs Ark, scoffs Lt. Gregg Masterman (Robert Taylor), a Harvard-schooled Bostonian ensconced in a cushy desk job. Care to guess who will be volunteered to be the aged ships executive officer? The character of a callow young man who ultimately proves his worth is one Taylor had played before, notably in A Yank at Oxford and Flight Command. A stellar cast Charles Laughton, Brian Donlevy, Walter Brennan joins him in a tale that veers into comic waters (the crew become awkward caretakers of a bevy of infants rescued at sea) before steaming full ahead into the strategies and salvos of fiery battle action in the Pacific. Taylor would actually serve as a Navy Air Corps flight instructor during the war. Lovely Marilyn Maxwell, who debuts here, would entertain troops as a member of Bob Hopes USO tours.

Upplagd i sortimentet: 24 Juni, 2012