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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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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