2h 15min | Adventure, History, War | 31 December 1943
Director: Delmer Daves
Stars: Cary Grant, John Garfield, Alan Hale, Dane Clark
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035799/
This is out of sequence in the quest because the disc in my collection was damaged, and the replacement just arrived a day ago, along with 4 other titles from a different purchase. So my enthusiasm for watching it was damaged by the bad disc. The suspense had built nicely up to the damage; perhaps I should have just jumped in there.
I have no idea why JG is made to look like he's singing in the poster.
John Forsythe is featured, long before Bachelor Father ('57) and Dynasty ('81).
It's a great cast from the top down. And although it deals with the tragedies of battle, it's not so gritty and grimy as a land war film usually is. And the footage of underwater floating mines anchored in the bay fascinated me, even though it's surely miniatures in a tank.
Definitely a worthwhile watch.
