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About
A Naval officer, reprimanded after Pearl Harbor, is later promoted to Rear Admiral and gets a second chance to prove himself against the Japanese.
Theatrical
Apr 6, 1965
Box Office
$9.0M
Budget
$4.2M
Return
2.1x
DVD / Blu-ray
May 22, 2001
Director
Writer
Producer
Music
Studio
Paramount Pictures, Otto Preminger Films
Keywords
suicide
world war ii
pearl harbor
navy
u.s. navy
military service
naval officer
pacific war
military officer
pacific island
black and white
admiral
second chance
military life
estranged father
military uniform
military
date rape
guilty conscience
naval battle
father son conflict
waves (u.s. naval women's reserve)
Cast
Full credits →J
John Wayne
Capt. Rockwell Torrey
K
Kirk Douglas
Commander Paul Eddington, Jr.
P
Patricia Neal
Lt. Maggie Hayes
T
Tom Tryon
Mac McConnell
P
Paula Prentiss
Beverly McConnell
B
Brandon De Wilde
Ens. Jeremiah 'Jere' Torrey
J
Jill Haworth
Ens. Annalee Dorne
D
Dana Andrews
Admiral Broderick
S
Stanley Holloway
Clayton Canfil
B
Burgess Meredith
Commander Egan Powell
B
Barbara Bouchet
Liz Eddington
F
Franchot Tone
CINCPAC I
H
Henry Fonda
CINCPAC II
P
Patrick O'Neal
Commander Neal Owynn
C
Carroll O'Connor
Lt. Commander Burke
S
Slim Pickens
C.P.O. Culpepper
J
James Mitchum
Ensign Griggs
G
George Kennedy
Colonel Gregory
B
Bruce Cabot
Quartermaster Quoddy
T
Tod Andrews
Captain Tuthill
