Action in the North Atlantic

original title:
Action in the North Atlantic
other titles:
(Einsatz im Nordatlantik)
country / year of production:
USA / 1943
original length:
126 min , black/white
premiere:
21 May 1943
genre:
adventure
based on:
Guy Gilpatric. Action in the North Atlantic. New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1943.
director:
Lloyd Bacon
film script:
William R. Burnett
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plot synopsis:
Lieutenant Joe Rossi is 1st Officer on a Liberty Ship in a great convoy bound from Halifax to Murmansk. After German subs crushed the convoy his ship loses the convoy and is heading alone to Murmansk. In spite of attacks by German planes and subs he gets the ship safely to Murmansk...
keywords:
propaganda , submarine , air raid , navy , single fighter , sea-battle
war:
Second World War (1939-1945)
literature:
John Costello, Terry Hughes. Atlantikschlacht - Der Krieg zur See 1939-1945. Bergisch-Gladbach: Lübbe, 1978.
remarks:
Was nominated for an "Oscar" in 1944.

Director Bacon's contract with Warner Bros. expired during production. Warner fired him and Byron Haskin finished the film.
availability:
VHS NTSC