Minesweeper (1943)
DANGER AFLOAT! ABOVE, BELOW AND ACROSS THE SEAS...WITH THE HEROIC MEN OF THE COAST GUARD!
67 min
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.
- Release date
- November 10, 1943
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Richard Arlen as Richard Houston - aka Jim 'Tennessee' Smith
- Jean Parker as Mary Smith
- Russell Hayden as Seaman Elliot Nash
- Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams as CPO Ichabod Ferdinand 'Fixit' Smith
- Emma Dunn as Mom Smith
- Charles D. Brown as Cmdr. Lane
- Frank Fenton as Lt. Ralph Gilpin
- Chick Chandler as Seaman 'Corny' Welch
- Douglas Fowley as Cutter Lt. Wells
- Ralph Sanford as Seaman Cox
Crew
- William Berke · Director
- Edward T. Lowe Jr. · Writer
- Maxwell Shane · Writer
- Mort Glickman · Composer
- Fred Jackman Jr. · Cinematographer
- Ted Bellinger · Editor