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Away All Boats

Year:

1956

Duration:

114 min

Genres:

War | Drama

IMDB rate:

6.3

Director:

Joseph Pevney

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1956-08-16

Filming Locations: San Diego, California, USA

Earnings

Gross: $3,500,000 (USA) ( 1956)

Cast

Actor

Character

Chuck Courtney

David Janssen

Jeff Chandler

Capt. Jebediah S. Hawks

George Nader

Lt. Dave MacDougall

Lex Barker

Commander Quigley

Julie Adams

Nadine MacDougall

Keith Andes

Doctor Bell

Richard Boone

Lieut. Fraser

William Reynolds

Ensign Kruger

Charles McGraw

Lieut. Mike O'Bannion

Jock Mahoney

Alvick

John McIntire

Old Man / Film Intro Voice-over

Frank Faylen

Chief Phillip P. 'Pappy' Moran

James Westerfield

'Boats' Torgeson

Don Keefer

Ensign Twitchell

Kendall Clark

Lieut. Jackson

George Dunn

Hubert

Charles Horvath

Boski

Jarl Victor

'Sacktime' Riley

Arthur Space

Doctor Flynn

Parley Baer

Doctor Gates

Hal Baylor

Chaplain Hughes

Sam Gilman

Lieut. Jim Randall

Raymond Bailey

RAdm. Stacy Bender (uncredited)

Dan Barton

Lt. Chesney (uncredited)

Nicky Blair

Messenger (uncredited)

Donald R. Clark

Bit Role (uncredited)

Clint Eastwood

Corpsman (uncredited)

Dabbs Greer

Lt. Cmdr. Harrison (uncredited)

Bob Herron

Sailor (uncredited)

Don House

Bit Role (uncredited)

Robert F. Hoy

Seaman (uncredited)

Donald Kerr

Ship Construction Workman (uncredited)

Mickey Kuhn

Seaman (uncredited)

Herbert Lytton

Admiral (uncredited)

Gerard Masterson

Seaman (uncredited)

Roger McGee

Talker (uncredited)

Jerry Mickelsen

Boy in Mess Hall (uncredited)

Ken Miller

Boy in Mess Hall (uncredited)

Danny Mummert

Soldier (uncredited)

Voltaire Perkins

Mr. Kurland (uncredited)

Aloysius Pfeifer

Sailor (uncredited)

William Phipps

Ship Machinist (uncredited)

John Pickard

Maj. Scott (uncredited)

George Ramsey

Seaman (uncredited)

Ralph Scalzo

Seaman Willicut (uncredited)

Floyd Simmons

Lt. Robinson (uncredited)

Walter Smith

Bit Role (uncredited)

Richard Tretter

Boy in Mess Hall (uncredited)

Grant Williams

Lt. Steve Sherwood (uncredited)

Rod Williams

Capt. Blanchard (uncredited)

Henry Wills

Seaman (uncredited)

Jimmy Yates

Boy in Mess Hall (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

The studio got the U.S. Navy's permission to join 200 ships and 10,000 men in the Virgin Islands, to film a three-day assault on the Puerto Rican island of Vieques.Some of the footage was included in Away All Boats.The cast and crew boarded in St. Thomas and filmed aboard the USS Randall(renamed the Belinda in the film).The film crew shot deck and aerial photography of the Navy's maneuvers. Director Pevney hired 25 Marines as extras for the film.

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Kerama Retto is mentioned as the destination of the Bellinda after she is seriously damaged by a kamikaze. This island, about a dozen miles southwest of Okinawa, was taken by the 77th Infantry Division at the start of the invasion, and used as both a staging area and an emergency anchorage, exactly as shown in the movie.

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Howard Christie planned to make a sequel to Away All Boats , set in Vietnam. It was never made.

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Goofs

When the boat rocks back and forth when the officer explains why the floors in the mess hall are waxed, there is an external shot that shows the boat and the ocean, the horizon moves with the boat.

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The shot of the Landing Craft, PA-11, is seen twice during the first beach landing scenes. The troops exit in exactly the same manner, including the soldier who runs to the immediate right of the craft.

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Commander Quigley is given command of the APA Peacock. There was no USS Peacock during World War II.

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Quotes

Capt. Jebediah S. Hawks: Thirty-three minutes to hoist out all boats.

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Lieut. Dave MacDougall: Command's one of the loneliest jobs in the world. Eating alone most of the time. Living from the bridge, to the chartroom, to an empty cabin.

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Ensign Twitchell: Boski, where were you going? Why didn't you report directly to me? What are you doing aboard?

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