“DANGER AFLOAT! ABOVE, BELOW AND ACROSS THE SEAS...WITH THE HEROIC MEN OF THE COAST GUARD!”
A naval officer who had deserted several years earlier is drawn back to the Navy when World War II begins. He re-enlists under an assumed name, and is assigned to a minesweeper, where he has to perform hazardous duties while at the same time keeping his real identity a secret.
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Richard Arlen
Richard Houston
Known for
Island of Lost Souls
Wings
Guinn Williams
CPO Ichabod Ferdinand 'Fixit' Smith
Jean Parker
Mary Smith
Known for
The Flying Deuces
The Gunfighter
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
CPO Ichabod Ferdinand 'Fixit' Smith
Known for
City Girl
You Only Live Once
Emma Dunn
Mom Smith
Known for
The Great Dictator
Son of Frankenstein
Charles D. Brown
Commander Lane
Known for
The Big Sleep
The Killers
Frank Fenton
Lt. Ralph Gilpin
Known for
A Foreign Affair
Island in the Sky
Chick Chandler
Seaman 'Corny' Welch
Known for
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
I Wake Up Screaming
Douglas Fowley
Cutter Lieutenant Wells
Known for
Singin' in the Rain
From Noon Till Three
Robert Mitchum
Seaman Chuck Ryan
Known for
The Night of the Hunter
Out of the Past
Ralph Sanford
Seaman Cox
Known for
Champion
Union Station
Billy Nelson
Bos'un 'Freshwater' Heims
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Stamp Day for Superman
Mixed Nuts
William Berke Director · Edward T. Lowe Jr. Screenplay Maxwell Shane Screenplay
United States release November 10, 1943 · Produced in United States
Production
Paramount Pictures
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United States
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English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Arab Emirates · November 10, 1943
Theatrical
United States · November 10, 1943
Theatrical
Mexico
November 10, 1943 · Theatrical
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