Destination Tokyo (1943)

Director:

Delmer Daves

Writers:

Delmer Daves (screenplay)
Steve Fisher (story) ...

Release Date:

31 December 1943 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | War

Tagline:

Explosive ! . . . And As Big As The Broad Pacific !

Plot:

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.

Plot Keywords:

City Name In Title | WWII | Naval Battle | USA | Doolittle Raid

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar.

Cast

Cary Grant	...	Capt. Cassidy
John Garfield	...	Wolf
Alan Hale	...	'Cookie' Wainwright
John Ridgely	...	Reserve Officer Raymond
Dane Clark	...	Tin Can
Warner Anderson	...	Andy, Executive officer
William Prince	...	Pills
Robert Hutton	...	Tommy Adams ('The Kid')
Tom Tully	...	Mike Conners
Faye Emerson	...	Mrs. Cassidy
Peter Whitney	...	Dakota
Warren Douglas	...	Larry, Diving officer
John Forsythe	...	Sailor
John Alvin	...	Soundman
Bill Kennedy	...	Torpedo gunnery officer

Runtime:

135 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Japanese

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Certification:

Canada:G (video rating) | USA:Approved (certificate #9521) | Australia:G (TV rating) | Australia:PG | Finland:S | Sweden:15

Filming Locations:

Portuguese Bend, California, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

Tom Tully and Warner Anderson who appear in this movie would also appear together in The Caine Mutiny (1954) and the police drama series "The Lineup" (1954) (a.k.a. San Francisco Beat).

Goofs:

When the boat approaches Tokyo, it has a net cutter on the bow which it didn't have when it left San Francisco. When they leave Tokyo Bay, after sinking the destroyer, it loses the net cutter again. The net cutter was, on some early WWII Submarines, a retractable device

Quotes:

Capt. Cassidy: I hear Japs are happy to die for their emperor. A lot of them are going to be made very happy.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Atomic Recall (2007) (V)

Soundtrack:

Jingle Bells

terrific movie, led by terrific leading man

This movie is a great example of a thriller, not looking to be a non-fiction account of a WWII sub, just a great story with a group of true professionals. Cary Grant was so compelling in this role that Tony Curtis said he based his famous part in Some Like It Hot on Cary Grant's performance in this picture, and that Curtis always wanted to do a movie with Grant on a submarine from that moment forward---and of course got his wish with Operation Petticoat. A previous reviewer slammed this movie for its anti-Japanese propaganda. Perhaps a slight bit of history would help. Statisitically, an American POW was FOUR times likely to die as a prisoner of the Japanese than of the Germans. The end of the war saved the lives of thousands of Americans because their treatment in Japanese camps was so horrifying. Six foot tall sailors weighing 100 pounds was not an uncommon site. The same Japanese military also starved its own people in places like Okinawa to feed itself, and I would hope that all people would now be familiar with the 'rape of Nanking,' so what was called propaganda was more just the way of the world at the time. This is one reason that the people who fought for America during World War II are revered and treasured so much.