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
Dick Simmons
as Lt. (jg) Royce
Henry O'Neill
as Cmdr. Stone M.C
Marta Linden
as Mary Collins
Theodore von Eltz
as Commander (uncredited)
Harry 'Snub' Pollard
as Sailor (uncredited)
Robert Taylor
as Lieut. Gregg Masterman
Frank McLure
as Ship Officer (uncredited)
Charles Laughton
as Rear Admiral Stephen Thomas
Brian Donlevy
as Lieut. Cmdr. Martin Roberts
Richard Quine
as Ensign Lindsay
Billy Bletcher
as Sailor (uncredited)
Chill Wills
as Mate Jenks, Chef-Bootsmann
Douglass Dumbrille
as Capt. Ludlow
Byron Foulger
as Pharmacist's Mate 'Doc' Miller
Hobart Cavanaugh
as Carpenter's Mate 'Chips'
Inez Cooper
as Susan Garrison
Robert Kent
as Hank Nels (uncredited)
Jim Davis
as Talker (uncredited)
Walter Brennan
as Chief Yeoman Henry Johnson
William Tannen
as Flag Lt. Dudley
Tim Ryan
as Lt. Tim Ryan
Ben Welden
as Chief Quartermaster Rankin
Douglas Wood
as Sen. Masterman (uncredited)
Frank Hagney
as Sailor (uncredited)
Harry Wilson
as Sailor (uncredited)
Marilyn Maxwell
as Audrey Carr
Douglas Fowley
as Ensign Martin
Wally Cassell
as Talker (uncredited)
James Millican
as Talker (uncredited)
Spec O'Donnell
as Jason (uncredited)
Elizabeth Russell
as Expectant Mother (uncredited)
Duke York
as Sailor (uncredited)
