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Submarine Patrol
“The Big Parade of the Navy!”
6.7 / 10• 1938• 1h 35m•NR• English
AdventureDrama
Storyline
A naval officer is demoted for negligence and put in command of a run-down submarine chaser with a motley crew.
Cast & Crew
Richard Greene
Perry Townsend III
Lead
Nancy Kelly
Susan Leeds
Preston Foster
Lt. (j.g.) John C. Drake
George Bancroft
Capt. Leeds
Slim Summerville
Ellsworth 'Spuds' Fickett, cook
J. Farrell MacDonald
CWO 'Sails' Quincannon
Warren Hymer
Seaman Rocky Haggerty
Douglas Fowley
Seaman Pinky Brett
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. John Ford's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Submarine Patrol is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
