PT 109
“Most men would have given up...But not the crew of PT 109”
Dramatization of President John F. Kennedy's war time experiences during which he captained a PT boat, took it to battle and had it sunk by a Japanese destroyer. He and the survivors had to make their way to an island, find food and shelter and signal the Navy for rescue.
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Cast
30 people
Cliff Robertson
Lt. John F, Kennedy
Known for
Spider-Man
Three Days of the Condor
Ty Hardin
Ensign Leonard J. Thom
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Merrill's Marauders
Battle of the Bulge
James Gregory
Commander C.R. Ritchie
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The Manchurian Candidate
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
Robert Culp
Ensign George 'Barney' Ross
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The Greatest American Hero
The Pelican Brief
Grant Williams
Lt. Alvin Cluster
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The Incredible Shrinking Man
The Monolith Monsters
Lew Gallo
Yeoman Rogers
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Odds Against Tomorrow
Pork Chop Hill
Errol John
Benjamin Kevu
Known for
Sheena
Buck and the Preacher
Michael Pate
Lt. Reginald Evans
Known for
Hondo
Tower of London
Robert Blake
Charles 'Bucky' Harris
Known for
Lost Highway
In Cold Blood
Biff Elliot
Edgar E. Mauer
Known for
The Enemy Below
House of Bamboo
Norman Fell
Edmund Drewitch
Known for
Three's Company
The Graduate
James McCallion
Pat McMahon
Known for
Vera Cruz
The Big Combo
Leslie H. Martinson Director · Richard L. Breen Screenplay Robert J. Donovan Author
Worldwide gross $3.5M · Budget $4M · United States release July 2, 1963
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Budget
$4,000,000
Worldwide gross
$3,500,000
Gross vs. budget
0.9×
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production · Studio
United States · Solomon Islands
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Japanese
Release dates
United States · June 19, 1963
Premiere · Boston, Massachusetts
United States · July 2, 1963
Theatrical
Germany
June 26, 1963 · Limited theatrical · Berlin
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