Stand by for Action (1942)
1h 49m
Running Time
December 31, 1942Release Date
Stand by for Action (1942)
1h 49m
Running Time
December 31, 1942Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Robert Taylor
Lieut. Gregg Masterman
Brian Donlevy
Lieut. Comdr. Martin J. Roberts
Charles Laughton
Rear Admiral Stephen Thomas
Walter Brennan
Chief Yeoman Henry Johnson
Marilyn Maxwell
Audrey Carr
Henry O'Neill
Comdr. Stone, M.C.
Marta Linden
Mary Collins
Chill Wills
Chief Boatswain's Mate Jenks
Douglass Dumbrille
Captain Ludlow
Richard Quine
Ensign Lindsay
William Tannen
Flag Lt. Dudley
Robert Z. Leonard
Director
Douglas Fowley
Ensign Martin
George Bruce
Writer
Tim Ryan
Lt. Tim Ryan
Dick Simmons
Lt. (jg) Royce
John L. Balderston
Writer
Herman J. Mankiewicz
Writer
Byron Foulger
Pharmacist's Mate 'Doc' Miller
Harvey S. Haislip
Writer
Hobart Cavanaugh
Carpenter's Mate 'Chips'
Inez Cooper
Susan Garrison
Orville O. Dull
Producer
Ben Welden
Chief Quartermaster Rankin
Harry Fleischmann
Chief Signalman
Lennie Hayton
Composer
Charles Rosher
Cinematographer
Douglas Wood
Sen. Masterman (uncredited)
Spec O'Donnell
Jason (uncredited)
George Boemler
Editor
Theodore von Eltz
Commander (uncredited)
Elizabeth Russell
Expectant Mother (uncredited)
Media.
Details.
Release DateDecember 31, 1942
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 49m
Content RatingNR
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
u.s. navy
Wiki.
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.
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