Destination Tokyo (1943)

User Rating:

7.1/10   

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:

Submarine | Secret Mission | Japan | Naval Battle | Stabbing

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	...	Sparks - 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:

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

Filming Locations:

Portuguese Bend, California, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

Raymond's call to the USS Hornet in Japanese is "Tenki hokuku." The pronunciation is poor but it has been identified as meaning: "weather report".

Goofs:

Factual errors: When the infiltration team is in the cave, they are carrying lever action Winchester 30-30 rifles. This rifle was never issued to the Army, Navy or Marines.

Quotes:

Capt. Cassidy: There's lots of Mikes dying right now. And a lot more Mikes will die. Until we wipe out a system that puts daggers in the hands of five-year-old children.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Hold Your Breath and Cross Your Fingers: The Story of 'Dark Passage' (2003) (V)

Soundtrack:

America, the Beautiful

Loved this movie, in spite of its goofs

Great propaganda film for WWII. However, can anyone really believe that Cary Grant is from Oklahoma City? Since the Doolittle raid was in April of 1942, the movie has to begin on Christmas day 1941 - a little less that three weeks after the US got into the war. But the Captain says that this is their 5th tour. Cookie says that the previous Christmas (1940) they spent getting depth charged. Unless they decided to get into the war before it was declared. By the way, the actor who played Cookie is not the Alan Hale who went on to become the Skipper in Gilligan's Island. Alan Hale died in 1950. The Skipper was his son, Alan Hale, jr.