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Destination Tokyo

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Captain Cassidy (Cary Grant) is in charge of a submarine on a mission so secret even he doesn't know what it is until his ship departs San Francisco and he opens his sealed orders. His task -- to pick up a meteorologist (John Ridgely) and travel to the coast of Japan to gather weather information for the Doolittle Raid, the first air strike on Tokyo. Along the way they fight to elude detection from Japanese ships and eventually face off against an enemy aircraft carrier.
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Yasser Medina Cinefilia As a propaganda vehicle, of course, it has tiny moments of tension when Cary Grant gives the orders on board the submarine, but slowly, it sinks into the sea of formulas. [Full review in Spanish] Rated: 6/10 Jan 3, 2023 Full Review Don Q. Cine-Mundial The cast is unbeatable. [Full review in Spanish] Sep 13, 2019 Full Review Steve Crum Dispatch-Tribune Newspapers Fine WWII propaganda rouser starring Grant and Garfield. Rated: 4/5 Feb 6, 2007 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews An intelligent WWII propaganda film. Rated: B- Feb 22, 2006 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 4/5 Jul 17, 2005 Full Review Eric Lurio Greenwich Village Gazette Rated: 2/5 Dec 21, 2004 Full Review Read all reviews

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Russ Was probably well received by its war-time audience but it hasn't aged well. The probability of an actual mission of the kind portrayed here is nil. Good performance by the elder Allen Hale - father of "the Skipper" on Gilligan's Island - as the sub's cook. Decent special effects for the time; how Hollywood staged those underwater sub shots with torpedoes and depth charges I'll never know. Not that they're particularly realistic, mind you; just a testament to the model-maker's art and camera work in a big tank. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 12/24/23 Full Review jeffrey g One of the best WWII sub movies ever. Excellent cast and action. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review steve d Strong cast and still exciting. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member The best thrilling and inspiring movie ever made! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review Audience Member Excellent example of WW2 era war film with all the attending patriotism and jingoism Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/15/23 Full Review Audience Member This was a great and highly enjoyable WWII submarine thriller for me. One of my favourite American war films made during wartime and easily the grittiest performance I have ever seen from Cary Grant. Some marvelous and exciting work with a great supporting cast of fine actors from that era that one just loved to see when going through films of that particular epoch. Very fine stuff to see here for the adventurous cinephiles out there who just assume Grant was a lazy comic actor who sleepwalked through his films. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Captain Cassidy (Cary Grant) is in charge of a submarine on a mission so secret even he doesn't know what it is until his ship departs San Francisco and he opens his sealed orders. His task -- to pick up a meteorologist (John Ridgely) and travel to the coast of Japan to gather weather information for the Doolittle Raid, the first air strike on Tokyo. Along the way they fight to elude detection from Japanese ships and eventually face off against an enemy aircraft carrier.
Director
Delmer Daves
Producer
Jerry Wald
Screenwriter
Delmer Daves, Albert Maltz
Distributor
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co
Warner Brothers/Seven Arts
Genre
War
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Dec 31, 1943, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 1, 2008
Runtime
2h 15m
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