Destroyer
6.6
99 minutes
8/19/1943
Overview
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.
Cast List
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
Leo Gorcey
as Seaman Sarecky
Edward Brophy
as Engineer Casey
Eddy Waller
as Marty, a riveter
Roger Clark
as Chief Engineer
Curt Bois
as Swab with large nose
Kenneth MacDonald
as Admiral (Clark's CO)
Charles D. Brown
as Doctor, finding Boley unfit for further sea duty
Cliff Clark
as Commandant
Richard Loo
as Japanese Submarine Commander
Benson Fong
as Japanese Sonar Man
Lloyd Bridges
as 2nd Fireman (uncredited)
Tris Coffin
as Doctor #1 (uncredited)
Bud Geary
as 2nd Ship Fitter (uncredited)
Eddie Hall
as Austin (uncredited)
Charles McGraw
as Assistant Chief Engineer (uncredited)
Milburn Stone
as Radioman (uncredited)
Dennis Moore
as Communications Officer (uncredited)
Larry Parks
as Ens. Johnson (uncredited)
Shirley Patterson
as Bigbee's Girl (uncredited)
Gene Rizzi
as Survivor (uncredited)
Frank Beckford
as Yeoman
Dean Benton
as Moore
Lynton Brent
as Doctor
Roy Brent
as Sailor
Stanley Brown
as Marine / Fireman
George Bruggeman
as Cook
Alma Carroll
as Sailor's Girl Friend
Eddy Chandler
as Chief Gunner's Mate
Edmund Cobb
as 1st Workman
Eddie Coke
as Storekeeper
Eleanor Counts
as Sarecky's Girl
Roy Darmour
as Pharmacist's Mate
Eddie Dew
as Survivor
Lester Dorr
as 1st Ship Fitter
John Estes
as Helmsman
Jerry Franks Jr.
as Pharmacist's Mate / Bridge Talker
Jack Gardner
as Sailor
Lloyd Hanson
as Collins
Al Hill
as Knife-Eating Sailor
David Holt
as Sobbing Sailor
Bobby Jordan
as Sobbing Sailor
David S. Horsley
as Thomas
Mauritz Hugo
as Survivor
Stephen Keyes
as Seaman Guard
George Magrill
as Marine
Don McGill
as Survivor
Robert McKenzie
as Justice of the Peace
David McKim
as Signalman
Frank Melton
as Doctor
John Merton
as Chief Quartermaster
Gertrude Messinger
as Girl
Bob Milton
as J.V. Talker
Pat O'Malley
as Postman
Paul Perry
as Doctor
Don Peters
as Helmsman
Neil Reagan
as Lt. J.C. Randolph
Mickey Rentschler
as J.V. Talker
Addison Richards
as Ship Building Foreman
Ronald R. Rondell
as Survivor
Clark Ross
as Pharmacist's Mate
Virginia Sale
as Kansas' Dance Partner
Charles Sherlock
as Chief Machinist's Mate
George Sherwood
as Workman
Mel Shubert
as James
John Tyrrell
as Marine
Dale Van Sickel
as Sailor
Dorothy Vernon
as Justice of the Peace's Wife
Pierre Watkin
as Admiral
Frank Wayne
as Pharmacist's Mate
Craig Woods
as Bigbee
Billy Young
as Storekeeper