The Eternal Sea
Hollywood Now Brings You a Story of Heroic Greatness...
1955 | 103m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | John H. Auer |
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| Writer: | Allen Rivkin, William Wister Haines |
| Staring: |
| Biography of Admiral John Hoskins' efforts to retain active command despite WW2 injury. | |
| Release Date: | Apr 19, 1955 |
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| Director: | John H. Auer |
| Writer: | Allen Rivkin, William Wister Haines |
| Genres: | Drama, War |
| Keywords | world war ii, u.s. navy |
| Production Companies | Republic Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 04, 2024 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Sterling Hayden | Rear-Adm. John Madison Hoskins |
| Alexis Smith | Sue Hoskins |
| Ben Cooper | Seaman P.J. 'Zuggy' Zugbaum |
| Dean Jagger | Vice-Adm. Thomas L. Semple |
| Virginia Grey | Dorothy Buracker |
| Hayden Rorke | Capt. William Buracker |
| Douglas Kennedy | Capt. Walter Riley |
| Louis Jean Heydt | Capt. Walter F. Rodee |
| Richard Crane | Lt. Johnson |
| Morris Ankrum | Vice-Adm. Arthur Dewey Struble |
| Frank Ferguson | Admiral L.D. |
| John Maxwell | Adm. William F. 'Bull' Halsey |
| William Kerwin | Cole |
| Jil Jarmyn | Flight Nurse |
| Alan Dexter | Doctor |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| John H. Auer | Director |
| Elmer Bernstein | Original Music Composer |
| John McCarthy Jr. | Set Decoration |
| George Milo | Set Decoration |
| Bob Mark | Makeup Department Head |
| Gene Anderson Jr. | Assistant Director |
| Howard Lydecker | Special Effects |
| Adele Palmer | Costume Supervisor |
| Allen Rivkin | Screenplay |
| William Wister Haines | Story |
| John L. Russell | Director of Photography |
| Frank Hotaling | Art Direction |
| T.A. Carman | Sound |
| Howard Wilson | Sound |
| Theodore Lydecker | Special Effects |
| Dick Geary | Stunts |
| Fred Allen | Editor |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| John H. Auer | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 2 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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This is another film that is really let down by it's title. One that suggests more of a swashbuckler - or a romance, at any rate - than a biopic of American Admiral Hoskins (Sterling Hayden) who was a pioneer of the use of jet aircraft from aircraft carriers. As it is, it's an OK depiction of the st ... ruggles of the man against the elements, technology, human frailty and government to get his ideas implemented. Hayden is a charm-free actor here, his dedication to his task is laudable, but cheerless and any semblance of romance with wife Sue (a rather prim Alexis Smith) left me cold. It does have oodles of wonderful original aerial photography to augment it, though - and that helps. Sadly, though, this is all as flat as the deck on the "USS Princeton".