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Destination Tokyo is a 1943 black and white American submarine war film. [3] The film was directed by Delmer Daves in his directorial debut, [4] and the screenplay was written by Daves and Albert Maltz, based on an original story by former submariner Steve Fisher. [5]
Jun 2, 2024 · While the characters and events in Destination Tokyo are fictional, the movie was inspired by real-life experiences of submariners during World War II. The film’s studio, Warner Bros., worked closely with the U.S. Navy to ensure an accurate portrayal of submarine operations. 5.
Destination Tokyo: Directed by Delmer Daves. With Cary Grant, John Garfield, Alan Hale, John Ridgely. In order to provide information for the first air raid over Tokyo, a U.S. submarine sneaks into Tokyo Bay and places a spy team ashore.
The real-life appendectomy was performed by 22-year-old pharmacist's mate Wheeler B. Lipes with the help of an assistant. The two were able to extract the appendix of Seaman Darrell Dean Rector under very trying conditions with limited resources and skills.
Destination Tokyo. The crew of the submarine USS Copperfin barely have time to enjoy shore leave in San Francisco before their boat receives top-secret orders that send it beneath the Golden Gate Bridge and back into the Pacific.
According to 'Hollywood Reporter' of 26 July 1943, some filming for this movie was shot on location at Portuguese Bend which is near Redondo Beach, California. Apparently, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt mandated that this movie make no explicit reference to either military electronics or radar.
Mar 27, 2017 · It's a daring and dangerous underwater adventure with Oscar-winner Cary Grant as the captain of the U.S.S. Copperfin submarine bound for a search and destroy mission in Tokyo harbor during WWII in preparation for a major Allied assault on Japan.Destination Tokyo is as much about the relationship between the naval men as it is about their heroic ...
