Sunday 25 June 2023

Destination Tokyo (1943 Delmer Daves)

Submarine drama with Cary Grant in charge, leading men to Japan for risky mission. Crew comprises girl crazy John Garfield, cook Alan Hale (Juke Girl, They Drive By Night, The Strawberry Blonde), John Ridgely, Dane Clark (the aggressive one, quite methody), Warner Anderson, Robert Hutton (young recruit).

Model work good, film is long (2 hours 10).

The Aleutian Islands are in the Pacific on the way to Japan from San Francisco.

Good music from Franz Waxman, photographed by Bert Glennon, edited by Chris(tian) Nyby. Warner Bros. I hate it where they speed up action though - here it's a moment where they're getting into the hatch and going under. Everyone can see it...


The Japanese have no word for 'love', apparently, along with other propagandist nonsense.

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