Summaries

In 1942, Navy Lieutenant Kenneth Braden from the underwater demolition team is sent to a Japanese island to photograph secret radio codes.

Lieutenant Braden discovers that Sally, the woman he's been falling in love with, has actually been checking out his qualifications to be a U.S. Navy frogman. He must put his personal life behind him after being assigned to be smuggled into a Japanese-held island via submarine to photograph radio codes.—Martin H. Booda <[email protected]>

In 1942, in California, the diver Lieutenant Kenneth M. Braden from the navy demolition team falls in love with Sally Johnson and proposes to her. The reluctant woman asks for more time to decide, but Braden is summoned to travel to a base in the Pacific. Soon he discovers that Sally actually works for the Navy and has been assigned to check his qualifications for a classified mission. He must travel on board the submarine Barracuda commanded by Commander Paul Stevenson to a Japanese island and photograph their secret radio codes in a very dangerous mission.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

A Navy commando, Lt. (jg) Ken Braden, is sent on a secret mission to photograph a Japaneses code book. He's to be taken there aboard a submarine commanded by Paul Stevenson and then return without the Japanese knowing they have ever been there. Stevenson is a by-the-book captain who follows his operational orders to the letter. That approach had led to the death of a member of his crew on his last mission, and he's lost the respect and support of his crew. Braden and Stevenson don't quite hit it off at first but the eventually develop a respect for one another.—garykmcd

Details

Keywords
  • u.s. navy
  • secret mission
  • navy diver
  • naval uniform
  • imperative in title
Genres
  • Action
  • Drama
  • Romance
  • War
Release date Apr 18, 1959
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Approved
Countries of origin United States
Language English
Filming locations Pacific Ocean
Production companies Aubrey Schenck Productions Lakeside Productions

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Tech specs

Runtime 1h 52m
Aspect ratio 2.35 : 1

Synopsis

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