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Minesweeper is a american film of genre Drama directed by William Berke released in USA on 10 november 1943 with Richard Arlen
Minesweeper (1943)
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Add to a movie listMinesweeper is a 1943 American film directed by William A. Berke, a fictional account of a former navy deserter who returns to duty under an assumed name as a sailor aboard a minesweeper, after the attack on Pearl Harbor. The minesweeper used during filming was YMS 121.
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Richard Houston (Richard Arlen) is an officer in the U.S. Navy who deserted during peacetime service to escape gambling debts, and took up life as a hobo. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor spurs him to rejoin the Navy under the assumed name of Jim "Tennessee" Smith. Houston is assigned to serve aboard a minesweeper, where he successfully carries out numerous successful efforts to defuse mines in the San Diego harbor while struggling to keep his identity secret.Actors
Richard Arlen
(Richard Houston)
Robert Mitchum
(Seaman Chuck Ryan)
Jean Parker
(Mary Smith)
Russell "Lucky" Hayden
(Seaman Elliot Nash)
Guinn "Big Boy" Williams
(CPO Ichabod Ferdinand 'Fixit' Smith)
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