Destroyer

Destroyer

You'll Always Remember . . . And Never Forget . . . Destroyer

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Release Date

8/19/1943

Runtime

99 mins

Overview

Flagwaving story of a new American destroyer, the JOHN PAUL JONES, from the day her keel is laid, to what was very nearly her last voyage. Among the crew, is Steve Boleslavski, a shipyard welder that helped build her, who reenlists, with his old rank of Chief bosuns mate. After failing her sea trials, she is assigned to the mail run, until caught up in a disparate battle with a Japanese sub. After getting torpedoed, and on the verge of sinking, the Captain, and crew hatch a plan to try and save the ship, and destroy the sub.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

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Revenue

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A straightforward wartime drama that follows a destroyer ship and her crew from construction through combat, celebrating American ingenuity and collective effort under fire. It's patriotic filmmaking that finds genuine tension in the struggle to save a crippled vessel from sinking.

Mood

DefiantExhilarating

Themes

WarSurvivalRedemption

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Steady

Look

Documentary-likeNaturalistic

Structure

Linear

Heads up

Graphic violence

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