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Torpedo Boat is a american film of genre Drama directed by John Rawlins released in USA on 24 january 1942 with Richard Arlen
Torpedo Boat (1942)
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Add to a movie listTorpedo Boat is a 1942 American drama film directed by John Rawlins and written by Maxwell Shane. The film stars Richard Arlen, Jean Parker, Mary Carlisle, Phillip Terry, Dick Purcell and Ralph Sanford. The film was released on January 24, 1948, by Paramount Pictures.
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Richard Arlen
(Skinner Barnes)
Jean Parker
(Grace Holman)
Mary Carlisle
(Jane Townsend)
Phillip Terry
(Tommy Whelan)
Dick Purcell
(Ralph Andrews)
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