Stand by for Action
Stand by for Action
Release: 1942-12-31
·Runtime: 109m
·★ 6.8
Action
Drama
War
Comedy
U. S. Navy Lieutenant Gregg Masterman, of The Harvard and Boston Back Bay Mastermans, learned about the sea while winning silver cups sailing his yacht. He climbs swiftly in rank, and is now Junior Aide to Rear Admiral Stephen Thomas.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Henry O'Neill
as Cmdr. Stone M.C
Douglass Dumbrille
as Capt. Ludlow
James Millican
as Talker (uncredited)
Charles Laughton
as Rear Admiral Stephen Thomas
Ben Welden
as Chief Quartermaster Rankin
Elizabeth Russell
as Expectant Mother (uncredited)
Robert Kent
as Hank Nels (uncredited)
Harry 'Snub' Pollard
as Sailor (uncredited)
Douglas Fowley
as Ensign Martin
Byron Foulger
as Pharmacist's Mate 'Doc' Miller
Douglas Wood
as Sen. Masterman (uncredited)
Theodore von Eltz
as Commander (uncredited)
Walter Brennan
as Chief Yeoman Henry Johnson
Richard Quine
as Ensign Lindsay
Frank McLure
as Ship Officer (uncredited)
Wally Cassell
as Talker (uncredited)
Duke York
as Sailor (uncredited)
Marilyn Maxwell
as Audrey Carr
Dick Simmons
as Lt. (jg) Royce
Inez Cooper
as Susan Garrison
Frank Hagney
as Sailor (uncredited)
Billy Bletcher
as Sailor (uncredited)
Brian Donlevy
as Lieut. Cmdr. Martin Roberts
Marta Linden
as Mary Collins
William Tannen
as Flag Lt. Dudley
Tim Ryan
as Lt. Tim Ryan
Harry Wilson
as Sailor (uncredited)
Robert Taylor
as Lieut. Gregg Masterman
Chill Wills
as Mate Jenks, Chef-Bootsmann
Hobart Cavanaugh
as Carpenter's Mate 'Chips'
Jim Davis
as Talker (uncredited)
Spec O'Donnell
as Jason (uncredited)
