The Sullivans

original title:
The Sullivans
other titles:
The Fighting Sullivans, (Fünf Helden)
country / year of production:
USA / 1944
original length:
112 min. , black/white
premiere:
3 February 1944
genre:
melodrama
based on:
director:
Lloyd Bacon
film script:
Edward Doherty , Mary C. McCall Jr. , Jules Schermer
producer:
Sam Jaffe
cinematographer:
Lucien N. Andriot
editor:
Louis R. Loeffler
composer:
Cyril J. Mockridge , Alfred Newman
cast (role):
Anne Baxter (Katherine Mary Sullivan) , Thomas Mitchell (Mr. Sullivan) , Selena Royle (Mrs. Sullivan) , Edward Ryan (Al Sullivan) , Trudy Marshall (Genevieve Sullivan) , Anne Baxter , Thomas Mitchell , Selena Royle , Edward Ryan , Trudy Marshall
more:
plot synopsis:
The five sons of an Iowa railroad worker and his wife decide to join the navy after the events of Pearl Habor. Since they have always done things together they request to serve on board the same ship.
During the naval battle of the Solomon islands their cruiser, the USS Juneau, is hit in the powder magazines killing many of the crew including the five brothers. The grief-striken parents are invited to witness the launching of a new destroyer named in honor of their sons USS The Sullivans.
keywords:
navy , children , Pearl Harbor , sea-battle
war:
Second World War (1939-1945)
literature:
remarks:
This appalling incident (which made something of a celebrity of the brothers' grieving father when he went on a nationwide patriotic lecture tour) resulted in the Navy's decision to never again allowed all the enlisted members of one family to serve on the same ship.

Was nominated for an "Oscar" in 1945.
availability:
VHS, DVD