Destroyer

Destroyer

99 mins | Drama, Adventure, War | Aug. 19, 1943

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.

Destroyer

99 mins | Drama, Adventure, War | Aug. 19, 1943

Destroyer
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.
IMDb rating 6.3
Producers Columbia Pictures
Original title Destroyer
Directors William A. Seiter
Writers Frank Wead, Borden Chase, Lewis Meltzer

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)

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

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

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