Minesweeper

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Minesweeper (1943)

NR 11/10/1943 (US) Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, War 1h 7m

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DANGER AFLOAT! ABOVE, BELOW AND ACROSS THE SEAS...WITH THE HEROIC MEN OF THE COAST GUARD!

Overview

A naval officer who had deserted several years earlier is drawn back to the Navy when World War II begins. He re-enlists under an assumed name, and is assigned to a minesweeper, where he has to perform hazardous duties while at the same time keeping his real identity a secret.

William Berke

Director
Edward T. Lowe Jr.

Screenplay
Maxwell Shane

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Richard Arlen

Richard Houston
Jean Parker

Mary Smith
Guinn "Big Boy" Williams

CPO Ichabod Ferdinand 'Fixit' Smith
Emma Dunn

Mom Smith
Charles D. Brown

Commander Lane
Frank Fenton

Lt. Ralph Gilpin
Chick Chandler

Seaman 'Corny' Welch
Douglas Fowley

Cutter Lieutenant Wells
Robert Mitchum

Seaman Chuck Ryan
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Written by CinemaSerf on June 26, 2022

Richard Arlen ("Houston/Jim") deserts from the US Navy only to re-enlist (under a pseudonym) after Pearl Harbor is attacked. He is assigned to a minesweeper where he must defuse these lethal obstacles to shipping in the Pacific Ocean. That's the exciting bit. The rest of it is a bog-standard melodrama with him falling for "Mary" (Jean Parker) and engaging is some rather dull sparring with fellow seaman "Nash" (Russell Hayden) for her affections. It's only when "Nash" saves the life of his competitor that "Lieut. Gilpin" (Frank Fenton) discovers some flaws with Arlen's backstory and our would-be... read the rest.

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