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Destroyer is a 1943 American war film directed by William A. Seiter and starring Edward G. Robinson. Plot [ edit ] Steve "Boley" Boleslavski is working a shipyard on the Pacific coast building a new destroyer to serve in the Second World War: the John Paul Jones .
Destroyer: Directed by William A. Seiter, Ray Enright. With Edward G. Robinson, Glenn Ford, Marguerite Chapman, Edgar Buchanan. A new World War 2 destroyer fails its sea trials so it is assigned to mail runs, but the crew ends up having to engage Japanese planes and a submarine anyway.
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- Drama, Thriller, War
- William A. Seiter, Ray Enright
- 1943-08-19
For the first film, Destroyer (1943), the plot focused on the crew of a torpedoed ship that fights to take out an enemy sub. Robinson had had prior navy experience in World War I so he was right at home in this war drama.
- William A. Seiter, Milton Carter, Ray Enright
- Edward G. Robinson
Destroyer (1943) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Flagwaving story of a new American destroyer, the JOHN PAUL JONES, from the day her keel is laid, to what was very nearly her last voyage. Among the crew, is Steve Boleslavski, a shipyard welder that helped build her, who reenlists, with his old rank of Chief bosuns mate.
- William A. Seiter
- Columbia Pictures
Flagwaving story of a new American destroyer, the JOHN PAUL JONES, from the day her keel is laid, to what was very nearly her last voyage. Among the crew, is Steve Boleslavski, a shipyard welder that helped build her, who reenlists, with his old rank of Chief bosuns mate.
Flag-waving story of a new American destroyer, the JOHN PAUL JONES, from the day her keel is laid, to what was very nearly her last voyage. Among the crew, is Steve Boleslavski, a shipyard welder that helped build her, who reenlists, with his old rank of Chief boatswain's mate.