Destroyer
Destroyer
Release: 1943-08-19
·Runtime: 99m
·★ 6.6
Adventure
Drama
War
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Columbia Pictures
Cast
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)
Tristram 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)
Dean Benton
as Moore
Lynton Brent
as Doctor
Stanley Brown
as Marine / Fireman
Eddy Chandler
as Chief Gunner's Mate
Edmund Cobb
as 1st Workman
Eddie Dew
as Survivor
Lester Dorr
as 1st Ship Fitter
Al Hill
as Knife-Eating Sailor
David Holt
as Sobbing Sailor
Bobby Jordan
as Sobbing Sailor
Mauritz Hugo
as Survivor
George Magrill
as Marine
Robert McKenzie
as Justice of the Peace
Frank Melton
as Doctor
John Merton
as Chief Quartermaster
Gertrude Messinger
as Girl
Pat O'Malley
as Postman
Mickey Rentschler
as J.V. Talker
Addison Richards
as Ship Building Foreman
Ronald R. Rondell
as Survivor
Virginia Sale
as Kansas' Dance Partner
Charles Sherlock
as Chief Machinist's Mate
John Tyrrell
as Marine
Dale Van Sickel
as Sailor
Dorothy Vernon
as Justice of the Peace's Wife
Pierre Watkin
as Admiral
