Stand By for Action (1942)

Original title

Stand by for Action

Directed by

Robert Z. Leonard

Genre

drama film, war film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 49m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 14 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Navy officer takes command of a crew that includes a wealthy man who did not want to serve. Together they face dangerous missions during World War II.

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What happens

Stand By for Action (British title: Cargo of Innocents) is a 1942 American black-and-white U.S. Navy war film from MGM, directed by Robert Z. Leonard, and starring Robert Taylor, Brian Donlevy, Charles Laughton, Walter Brennan. Marilyn Maxwell made her film debut in this feature. Suggested by a story by Laurence Kirk, and with an original story by Captain Harvey Haislip and R. C. Sherriff, the film's screenplay was written by George Bruce, John L. Balderston, and Herman J. Mankiewicz. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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