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Destination Tokyo is a american film of genre Drama directed by Delmer Daves released in USA on 31 december 1943 with Cary Grant
Destination Tokyo (1943)
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Add to a movie listDestination Tokyo is a 1943 submarine war film. It was directed by Delmer Daves and written by Daves, former submariner Steve Fisher and Albert Maltz, and stars Cary Grant and John Garfield with featured performances by Dane Clark, Robert Hutton and Warner Anderson. Production began on June 21, 1943 and continued through September 4, 1943, and the film premiered in Pittsburgh on December 15, 1943. It was released generally in the U.S. on December 31, 1943.
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On Christmas Eve, the submarine USS Copperfin, under the command of Captain Cassidy (Cary Grant), departs San Francisco on a secret mission. At sea, Cassidy opens his sealed orders, which direct him to proceed first to the Aleutian Islands to pick up meteorologist Raymond (John Ridgely), then to Tokyo Bay to obtain vital weather intelligence for the upcoming Doolittle Raid.Actors
Cary Grant
(Captain Cassidy)
John Garfield
(Wolf)
Alan Hale
('Cookie' Wainwright)
John Ridgely
(Reserve Officer Raymond)
Faye Emerson
(Mrs. Cassidy)
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