This Man's Navy

This Man's Navy (1945)

Love and Laughs and Roaring Action!

During World War II, Chief Aviation Pilot Ned Trumpet is in charge of an airship at Lakehurst, New Jersey naval base. Trumpet orders an unauthorized and premature attack on a German submarine but the bomb misses and the submarine fires back, hitting the airship. Trumpet takes over the controls and sinks the submarine, The pilot faces a court-martial for disobeying orders but the older man takes the blame for his actions. Weaver transfers to the Ferry Command, and while on assignment in Burma, his aircraft crashes in Japanese territory. Trumpet rushes to the scene with a rescue team. Both are successfully brought out and are decorated for their heroism. Afterward, Weaver indicates that he will be returning to the lighter-than-air service in Lakehurst, to reunite with his "father".

star 6.4
  • Release Date: 1945-01-04
  • Runtime: 1h 40min
  • Director: William A. Wellman

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Cast

  • Wallace Beery

    Ned Trumpet

  • Tom Drake

    Jess Weaver

  • James Gleason

    Jimmy Shannon

  • Noah Beery

    Joe Hodum

  • Jan Clayton

    Cathey Cortland

  • Selena Royle

    Maude Weaver

  • Henry O'Neill

    Lt. Cmdr. Roger Graystone

  • Steve Brodie

    Timothy Joseph Aloysius 'Tim' Shannon

  • George Chandler

    Bert Bland

  • Donald Curtis

    Operations Officer

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