Submarine Patrol (1938)

Directed by

John Ford

Genre

adventure film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 35m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A newly assigned naval officer takes charge of a motley crew operating a submarine chaser during World War I. They face enemy threats and must prove themselves as a capable team.

patrioticlight-heartedadventurousbrisksuspensefulnostalgicdramatic

What happens

Submarine Patrol is a 1938 film directed by John Ford. The screenplay was by Rian James, Darrell Ware, and Jack Yellen. The film starred Richard Greene, Nancy Kelly and Preston Foster. The supporting cast features George Bancroft, Elisha Cook, Jr., John Carradine, Maxie Rosenbloom, Jack Pennick, Ward Bond and an unbilled Lon Chaney Jr. as a Marine sentry. The movie was partly written by William Faulkner. The film was based on the book The Splinter Fleet of the Otranto Barrage by Ray Millholland. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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