Thunder Afloat (1939)
1h 35m
Running Time
September 15, 1939Release Date
Thunder Afloat (1939)
1h 35m
Running Time
September 15, 1939Release Date
Plot.
A tugboat captain serves under his rival as a U-boat chaser in World War I.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Wallace Beery
John Thorson
Chester Morris
'Rocky' Blake
Virginia Grey
Susan Thorson
Carl Esmond
U-Boat Captain
Douglass Dumbrille
District Commander
Clem Bevans
'Cap' Finch
George B. Seitz
Director
John Qualen
Milo
Wells Root
Writer
Harvey S. Haislip
Writer
Regis Toomey
Ives
Ralph Wheelwright
Writer
Henry Victor
German U-Boat Officer
J. Walter Ruben
Producer
Addison Richards
Admiral Ross
David Snell
Composer
David Snell
Composer
Hans Joby
U-Boat Petty Officer
Henry Hunter
Ensign Dyer
Jonathan Hale
Admiral Girard
Leon Ames
Recruiting Officer (uncredited)
Arthur Belasco
Fisherman (uncredited)
Joseph E. Bernard
Fisherman (uncredited)
Wade Boteler
Recruiting Officer (uncredited)
Al Bridge
Fisherman (uncredited)
Rand Brooks
Listener (uncredited)
Don Castle
Radio Operator (uncredited)
Jack Chapin
Sailor (uncredited)
Tom Chatterton
Lieutenant (uncredited)
Jack Rube Clifford
Captain (uncredited)
Jules Cowles
Man with Finch (uncredited)
Leigh De Lacey
Mrs. Gill (uncredited)
Joe De Stefani
Fisherman (uncredited)
Edgar Dearing
Petty Officer (uncredited)
Richard Elmore
Lookout (uncredited)
Frank Faylen
Recruiting Officer (uncredited)
Budd Fine
Survivor (uncredited)
Allen Fox
Lookout (uncredited)
Frederick Lee
Sailor (uncredited)
Eddie Hart
Fisherman (uncredited)
Edward Hearn
Fisherman (uncredited)
Howard Hickman
Surgeon (uncredited)
Earle Hodgins
Fisherman (uncredited)
Clarke Jennings
Wireless Operator (uncredited)
Payne B. Johnson
Boy (uncredited)
Charles Jordan
Signalman (uncredited)
Lew Kelly
Sailor (uncredited)
Jack Kennedy
Fisherman (uncredited)
Milton Kibbee
Fisherman (uncredited)
Claire McDowell
Nurse (uncredited)
Larry McGrath
Radio Operator (uncredited)
Roger Moore
Orderly (uncredited)
Philip Morris
Fisherman (uncredited)
Forbes Murray
Naval Aide (uncredited)
Frank Orth
Old Sailor in Bilge Area (uncredited)
Syd Saylor
Wireless Operator Sending Coded Message (uncredited)
Harold Schlickenmayer
Engineer (uncredited)
Ferdinand Schumann-Heink
German Operator (uncredited)
Hans Schumm
German Sailor Looking for Wireless (uncredited)
Harry Semels
Cook on Tugboat (uncredited)
Lee Shumway
Sailor (uncredited)
Robert R. Stephenson
German Sailor (uncredited)
Harry Strang
Shore Patrol Sailor (uncredited)
Walter Thiele
Young German Sailor (uncredited)
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 15, 1939
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 35m
Content RatingNR
Genres
Wiki.
Thunder Afloat is a 1939 World War I naval film starring Wallace Beery and Chester Morris. The movie was directed by George B. Seitz.
The submarine sequences were shot with the cooperation of the U. S. Navy at Annapolis, Maryland and around the Coronado Islands off San Diego, California.