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Destroyer is a american film of genre Drama directed by William A. Seiter released in USA on 19 august 1943 with Edward G. Robinson
Destroyer (1943)
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Add to a movie listDestroyer is a 1943 Columbia Pictures war film starring Edward G. Robinson and Glenn Ford as U. S. Navy sailors in World War II.
Synopsis
In 1943 retired Navy Chief Bosun's Mate Steve "Boley" Boleslavski (Edward G. Robinson) helps build the destroyer John Paul Jones, the namesake of the ship he served on in World War I, sunk a quarter century later while saving an aircraft carrier from being torpedoed. When he finds out that an old shipmate, Lieutenant Commander Clark (Regis Toomey), is the ship's new captain, he returns to the Navy and wrangles a berth as the ship's leading chief bosun's mate.Actors
Edward G. Robinson
(Steven 'Boley' Boleslavski)
Glenn Ford
(Mickey Donohue)
Marguerite Chapman
(Mary Boleslavski)
Edgar Buchanan
(Kansas Jackson)
Leo Gorcey
(Seaman Sarecky)
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