The Navy Way
Filmed at Great Lakes Naval Training Station...with 70,000 of Uncle Sam's fighting Bluejackets...and a ship-shapely WAVE who makes the boys behave!
1944 | 74m | English
Popularity: 0.2 (history)
| Director: | William Berke |
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| Writer: | Maxwell Shane |
| Staring: |
| The experiences of a disparate group of young men as they make their way through Navy boot camp. | |
| Release Date: | Feb 26, 1944 |
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| Director: | William Berke |
| Writer: | Maxwell Shane |
| Genres: | Action, Drama, War |
| Keywords | u.s. navy |
| Production Companies | Paramount Pictures, Pine-Thomas Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 29, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Robert Lowery | Johnny Zumano |
| Jean Parker | Ellen Sayre |
| William Henry | Malcolm Randall |
| Roscoe Karns | Frankie Gimble |
| Robert Armstrong | CPO Harper |
| Larry Nunn | Billy Jamison |
| Mary Treen | Agnes |
| Joseph Crehan | Chaplain Benson |
| Sharon Douglas | Trudy |
| Tom Keene | Steve Appleby |
| Sarah Padden | Mrs. Margaret Gimble |
| Ralph Peters | Hammy Jerome |
| John "Skins" Miller | Recruit Pop Lacy |
| Wallace Pindell | Sailor Joslin |
| Hjalmar F. Hanson | Great Lakes Naval Station Choir Director |
| Art Lasky | Fighter |
| John J. 'Red' Madigan | Sailor |
| Sarah Padden | Mrs. Margaret Gimble (uncredited) |
| Will Wright | Baldy - Triangle A Ranch Hand (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
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| William Berke | Director |
| Maxwell Shane | Screenplay |
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It wouldn't be fair to just describe this as a piece pf propaganda, but the rallying call for would-be sailors is writ large. It's quite a personable affair, following the trials and tribulations of a group of recruits as they adjust from their life on civvy street to the new disciplines of the Serv ... ice. Robert Lowery ("Johnny") and William Henry ("Randall") even manage to fall for the same woman Jean Parker ("Ellen") but will their loyalty to their country prevail...? This is a light hearted, jolly, cheap as chips piece of cinema that makes a slight nod to the unpopularity of the draft, but ultimately was a morale booster in 1944, and though sentimental in nature, is not unwatchable 70-odd years later.