Away All Boats (1956) DVD Color Full-frame Approx. 114 Min. Optional subtitles /close-captions in English, French and Spanish. (Region 1 - Playable in North America - The US, Canada, Mexico, etc.)
Starring: Jeff Chandler, George Nader, Lex Barker, Julie Adams, Keith Andes, Richard Boone, William Reynolds, Charles McGraw, Jock Mahoney, Frank Faylen, John McIntire, and Jock Mahoney. Written by Ted Sherdeman, based on the best-selling novel “AWAY ALL BOATS” by Kenneth M. Dodson. Directed by Joseph Pevney.
The story of USS Belinda (APA-22), launched late 1943 with regular-Navy Captain Jebediah S. Hawks (Jeff Chandler) and ex-merchant mariner Lieutenant Dave MacDougall (George Nader) as boat commander. Despite personal friction, the two have plenty to keep them busy as the only experienced officers on board during the ship's shake-down cruise. Almost laughable incompetence gradually improves, but the crew remains far from perfect when the ship sees action, landing troops on enemy beachheads. Few anticipate the challenges in store at Okinawa.
“THE BATTLE CRY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC!”
Universal Studios received the US Navy’s full cooperation for the film, including an opportunity to photograph maneuvers and mock attacks in March 1955 in the Caribbean and on Vieques. The movie was filmed aboard USS Randall. It is most notable for its realistic and terrifying depictions of Japanese kamikaze attacks on U.S. Navy ships during the last year of World War II in the Pacific Theater.