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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 01/03/2023
6/10
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] Go to Full Review Don Q. Cine-Mundial 09/13/2019
The cast is unbeatable. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Steve Crum Dispatch-Tribune Newspapers 02/06/2007
4/5
Fine WWII propaganda rouser starring Grant and Garfield. Go to Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 02/22/2006
B-
An intelligent WWII propaganda film. Go to Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 07/17/2005
4/5
Eric Lurio Greenwich Village Gazette 12/21/2004
2/5
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Russ 12/24/2023 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. See more jeffrey g 06/23/2021 One of the best WWII sub movies ever. Excellent cast and action. See more steve d 07/22/2020 Strong cast and still exciting. See more @TMProofreader 01/31/2019 The best thrilling and inspiring movie ever made! See more 05/30/2017 Excellent example of WW2 era war film with all the attending patriotism and jingoism See more 07/29/2016 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. See more Read all reviews
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Delmer Daves

Director

Cary Grant

Capt. Cassidy

John Garfield

Wolf

Alan Hale

'Cookie' Wainwright

John Ridgely

Reserve Officer Raymond

Dane Clark

Tin Can

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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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