“DANGER AFLOAT! ABOVE, BELOW AND ACROSS THE SEAS...WITH THE HEROIC MEN OF THE COAST GUARD!”
A naval officer who had deserted several years earlier is drawn back to the Navy when World War II begins. He re-enlists under an assumed name, and is assigned to a minesweeper, where he has to perform hazardous duties while at the same time keeping his real identity a secret.
William Berke
Maxwell Shane
Edward T. Lowe Jr.
Richard Arlen
Richard Houston
Jean Parker
Mary Smith
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
CPO Ichabod Ferdinand 'Fixit' Smith
Emma Dunn
Mom Smith
Charles D. Brown
Commander Lane
Frank Fenton
Lt. Ralph Gilpin
Chick Chandler
Seaman 'Corny' Welch
Douglas Fowley
Cutter Lieutenant Wells
Robert Mitchum
Seaman Chuck Ryan
Ralph Sanford
Seaman Cox
Billy Nelson
Bos'un 'Freshwater' Heims
Dub Taylor
Seaman Stubby Gordon
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Richard Arlen ("Houston/Jim") deserts from the US Navy only to re-enlist (under a pseudonym) after Pearl Harbor is attacked. He is assigned to a minesweeper where he must defuse these lethal obstacles to shipping in the Pacific Ocean. That's the exciting bit. The rest of it is a bog-standard melodra...
Paramount Pictures