Destination Tokyo

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Walt B @WaltB Jan 2 Yes, it's a wartime movie, the skipper has a British accent and everyone has a too-cute nickname. But the submarine interiors are claustrophobically accurate, the operations of the sub and its crew were well-researched, and the Japanese are not portrayed as bungling idiots. As a document of its time (shot in 1943), this film is well-acted and gives modern viewers an idea of what home front audiences were seeing in theaters shortly before the American public realized that the two-front war had decisively turned in the Allies' favor. This film had a direct effect on the submarine movies of the 1950s and '60s, and even later. I enjoy seeing "Destination Tokyo" whenever it gets its inevitable Veterans Day and Memorial Day airings. Along with the fact-based "They Were Expendable," (1945) this film forms a duo of U.S. Navy must-see World War II films produced by the generation that still remembered World War I. (The other good wartime Navy movie is the British "In Which We Serve." See more Russ @RT78760655 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 @RT66674710 06/23/2021 One of the best WWII sub movies ever. Excellent cast and action. See more steve d @RT35616104 07/22/2020 Strong cast and still exciting. See more Thomas M @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 Read all reviews

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