Fritz Bauer Institut · Cinematography of the Holocaust
ID |
FBW000958 Fiction |
Country / Year |
USA, 1943 |
Original Title |
Action in the North Atlantic |
Directed by |
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Produced by |
Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., Burbank, CA / New York, NY |
Staff |
Producer: Jerry Wald; Dialoge direction: Harold Winston; Script: John Howard Lawson; Based on: Guy Gilpatric (Novel); Camera: Ted McCord; Special optical effects: Jack Cosgrove, Edwin B. DuPar; Editing: Thomas Pratt, George Amy; Montage: Don Siegel, James Leicester; Art direction: Ted Smith; Set decoration: Clarence Steenson; Costumes: Milo Anderson; Makeup: Perc Westmore; Music: Adolph Deutsch; Musical direction: Leo F. Forbstein |
Cast |
Humphrey Bogart (Joe Rossi); Raymond Massey (Capt. Steve Jarvis); Alan Hale, Sr. (Boats O'Hara); Julie Bishop (Pearl); Ruth Gordon (Mrs. Jarvis); Sam Levene (Chips Abrams); Dane Clark (Johnny Pulaski); Peter Whitney (Whitey Lara); Dick Hogan (Cadet Robert Parker); Minor Watson (Rear Adm. Hartridge); J.M. Kerrigan (Caviar Jinks); Kane Richmond (Ens. Wright); William von Brincken (German Sub Captain); Chick Chandler (Goldberg); Don Douglas (Lt. Commander); Ray Montgomery (Aherne); George Offerman, Jr. (Cecil); Art Foster (Pete Larson); Glenn Strange (Tex Mathews); Creighton Hale (Sparks); Elliott Sullivan (Hennessy); Alec Craig (McGonigle); Ludwig Stoessel (als: Stossel) (Capt. Ziemer); Dick Wessel (Cherub); Frank Puglia (Capt. Carpolis); Iris Adrian (Jenny O'Hara); Irving Bacon (Bartender); James Flavin (Lieutenant Commander) |
Length |
126' |
Format |
35mm/sw/1:1,37 |
Dates |
- 14 May 1943: Trade show, Los Angeles, CA |
Abstract |
When an American ship sailing under convey to Murmansk is blown up by a German submarine, Captain Jarvis manages to escape the enemy. However he is wounded in an air-raid and his First Officer, Joe Rossi, takes over the command. Rossi manages to cunningly get the submarine to surface and then to ram it. Russian planes escort the American ship to Murmask. |
Subject Terms |
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Bibliography |
- Walt.: "Action in the North Atlantic", in: Variety, 19.05.1943 |