Action in the North Atlantic

Action in the North Atlantic

Infobox Film
name = Action in the North Atlantic


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director = Lloyd Bacon
Byron Haskin
Raoul Walsh
producer =
writer = John Howard Lawson
Guy Gilpatric (story)
narrator =
starring = Humphrey Bogart
Raymond Massey
music = Adolph Deutsch
George Lipschultz (uncredited)
cinematography = Ted D. McCord
editing = George Amy
distributor = Warner Bros. Pictures
released = May 21 1943
runtime = 126 minutes
country = USA
language = English
budget =
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amg_id = 1:764
imdb_id = 0035608

"Action in the North Atlantic" is a 1943 war film, featuring Humphrey Bogart and Raymond Massey as sailors in the Allied merchant marine in World War II.

Plot

The cargo ship commanded by Captain Steve Jarvis (Raymond Massey) is sunk in the north Atlantic Ocean by a German U-boat. He and his first officer and friend, Lieutenant Joe Rossi (Humphrey Bogart), make it to a lifeboat along with other crewmen. When the Germans start filming their plight, they respond with rude gestures and are rammed. The men swim to a raft and are rescued after 11 days adrift.

During their brief leave, Steve spends time with his wife Sarah (Ruth Gordon), while Joe meets and marries singer Pearl O'Neill (Julie Bishop). Then, it is back to sea on a new Liberty ship, on a convoy carrying vital supplies to the Russians at Murmansk.

The convoy is attacked by a wolf pack. There are losses on both sides, but the convoy commander is forced to order his ships to disperse. One persistent U-boat chases after Steve's ship, but loses contact in the night. Two Luftwaffe flying boats find the freighter and attack. Both are shot down, but the second crashes into the bow. Steve is shot in the leg during the battle; Joe has to take command. The U-boat sights the ship again and hits her with a torpedo. Joe orders the men to set fires and make smoke so that it appears as if the ship is sinking. When the submarine surfaces to finish her off, Joe rams and sinks it. The freighter then limps into Murmansk to a warm Russian welcome.

Cast

*Humphrey Bogart as Lieutenant Joe Rossi
*Raymond Massey as Captain Steve Jarvis
*Alan Hale, Sr. as 'Boats' O'Hara
*Julie Bishop as Pearl O'Neill
*Ruth Gordon as Sarah Jarvis
*Sam Levene as 'Chips' Abrams
*Dane Clark as Johnnie Pulaski
*Peter Whitney as 'Whitey' Lara
*Dick Hogan as Cadet Robert Walker

Production

This film has a famous back-story; watching their stunt men performing a dive off a burning ship, Bogie and Massey, both a bit intoxicated (being 'off-duty'), started making bets on which stunt man was braver...one thing led to another, until the stars, themselves, made the dive.

Authentic German and Soviet airplanes and language were used in the film, a rare occurrence in movies of this era.

Trivia

The DVD box says the merchant marine used this movie as a recruiting tool.

References

External links

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