Patrouillenboot PT 109 (1963)
Auf nächtlicher Patrouillenfahrt wird das amerikanische Schnellboot PT 109 von einem japanischen Zerstörer gerammt und versenkt. Die Überlebenden retten sich schwimmend auf eine Insel, wo sie darben müssen und alsbald die Nerven zu verlieren beginnen. Allein der Kommandant bleibt zuversichtlich, und ihm gelingt es schließlich in der Tat, mit Hilfe einer Kokosnuß-Botschaft Retter herbeizulotsen. Die Sailors reden ihn nicht mit "Sir", sondern mit bürgerlichem Namen an: Mr. Kennedy...
Der Regisseur:
Leslie H. Martinson
Der Autor:
Richard L. Breen
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Cliff Robertson as Lt. John F, Kennedy |
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Ty Hardin as Ensign Leonard J. Thom |
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James Gregory as Commander C.R. Ritchie |
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Robert Culp as Ensign George 'Barney' Ross |
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Grant Williams as Lt. Alvin Cluster |
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Lew Gallo as Yeoman Rogers |
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Errol John as Benjamin Kevu |
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Michael Pate as Lt. Reginald Evans |
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Robert Blake as Charles 'Bucky' Harris |
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Biff Elliot as Edgar E. Mauer |
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Norman Fell as Edmund Drewitch |
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James McCallion as Pat McMahon |
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Joseph Gallison as Harold Mamey |
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William Douglas as Gerald Zinser |
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Sam Gilman as Raymond Starkey |
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Clyde Howdy as Leon Drawdy |
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Buzz Martin as Maurice Kowal |
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Sam Reese as Andrew Kirksey |
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Glenn Sipes as William Johnson |
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John Ward as John Maguire |
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David Whorf as Raymond Albert |
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George Takei as Helmsman on Japanese Destroyer (uncredited) |
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Andrew Duggan as Narrator (uncredited) |
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Roger Davis as Radioman (uncredited) |
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Jerry Earle Kraft as Extra (uncredited) |
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George Gaynes as PT Flotilla Captain (uncredited) |
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Chuck Hicks as Cook (uncredited) |
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Dale Ishimoto as Commander (uncredited) |
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Barney Ross as Chief Benson (uncredited) |
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Sheb Wooley as Edmund Drewitch's Scream (archive sound) (uncredited) |
| Writing | Richard L. Breen | Screenplay |
| Writing | Howard Sheehan | Adaptation |
| Writing | Vincent X. Flaherty | Adaptation |
| Writing | Robert J. Donovan | Novel |
| Directing | Leslie H. Martinson | Director |
| Crew | Bob Herron | Stunts |
| Crew | Chuck Hicks | Stunts |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gordon Bau | Makeup Supervisor |
| Crew | Paul Baxley | Stunts |
| Crew | Dean Smith | Stunts |
| Directing | C.M. Florance | Assistant Director |
| Editing | Folmar Blangsted | Editor |
| Sound | David Buttolph | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Bryan Foy | Producer |
| Sound | William Lava | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Leo K. Kuter | Art Direction |
| Art | John P. Austin | Set Decoration |
| Camera | Robert Surtees | Director of Photography |