Stand by for Action
31/12/1942
2h

U. S. Navy Lieutenant Gregg Masterman, of The Harvard and Boston Back Bay Mastermans, learned about the sea while winning silver cups sailing his yacht. He climbs swiftly in rank, and is now Junior Aide to Rear Admiral Stephen Thomas.
Cast


Robert Taylor
Lieut. Gregg Masterman


Charles Laughton
Rear Admiral Stephen Thomas


Brian Donlevy
Lieut. Cmdr. Martin Roberts


Walter Brennan
Chief Yeoman Henry Johnson


Chill Wills
Mate Jenks, Chef-Bootsmann


Marilyn Maxwell
Audrey Carr


Henry O'Neill
Cmdr. Stone M.C


Marta Linden
Mary Collins


Douglass Dumbrille
Capt. Ludlow


Richard Quine
Ensign Lindsay


William Tannen
Flag Lt. Dudley


Douglas Fowley
Ensign Martin


Tim Ryan
Lt. Tim Ryan


Dick Simmons
Lt. (jg) Royce


Byron Foulger
Pharmacist's Mate 'Doc' Miller


Hobart Cavanaugh
Carpenter's Mate 'Chips'


Inez Cooper
Susan Garrison


Ben Welden
Chief Quartermaster Rankin
Harry Fleischmann
Chief Signalman


Douglas Wood
Sen. Masterman (uncredited)


Spec O'Donnell
Jason (uncredited)


Theodore von Eltz
Commander (uncredited)


Elizabeth Russell
Expectant Mother (uncredited)


Hal Le Sueur
Lookout (uncredited)


Robert Kent
Hank Nels (uncredited)
Sam Harris
Senator at Party (uncredited)
William Roberts
Marine Messenger (uncredited)


Frank McLure
Ship Officer (uncredited)


Jim Davis
Talker (uncredited)


Wally Cassell
Talker (uncredited)


James Millican
Talker (uncredited)


Harry 'Snub' Pollard
Sailor (uncredited)


Frank Hagney
Sailor (uncredited)


Duke York
Sailor (uncredited)


Billy Bletcher
Sailor (uncredited)


Harry Wilson
Sailor (uncredited)
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