This is the best movie Hollywood made of the U.S. MERCHANT MARINES during WW2. They made a lot of WAR MOVIES like MIDWAY, WAKE ISLAND ETC. But only 1 True Life of life in the MERCHANT MARINES. I was in the U.S.MERCHANT MARINES and later in the U.S. NAVY SPECIAL FORCES in NAM. I was a wiper, fire and water tender, oiler, LONGSHOREMAN also at 9 YEARS OLD I WORKED ON A FISHING TRAWLER. In the U.S. NAVY I was a gunner on a PBR LATER I was a DOOR GUNNER FOR THE SEAWOLVES HAL-3. MASTER CHIEF GUNNERS MATE GRANDPA JOE
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Being a fan of WW2 movies, I wanted to have this. It is different in that its main characters are not combatants, but civilians in the Merchant Marine. The plot shows what these brave men endured, being bombed, torpedoed, and shot at, and unable to do anything about it. Bogart is, as always, in top form. And you may recognise some of the others in the cast as well. The convoy to Russia that their fictional ship joins, really did happen. PQ-17 left England, and by the time it reached Murmansk, it had lost over half its ships to enemy action. A really good movie that I heartily endorse.
I viewed this movie earlier, somewhere around the time that Ted Turner was experimenting with his box of crayons. BOY! Those colors were way off! This colorization was much better, although I still believe that B&W movies should NOT be colorized.
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First I've had it on dvd as all before was watching movies
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Always wanted to own this movie and now I have it.
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