The read
It runs a compact 1h 12m.
Synopsis
Best friends Kenneth Reynolds and Raymond Jordan are U.S. Navy officers, and Kenneth is engaged to Raymond's sister. But the eruption of the Civil War divides them, as Raymond stands by his native Virginia while Kenneth remains on duty as a Northern officer. Kenneth's uncle, John Ericsson, designs a new kind of ship, an ironclad he calls the Monitor. Eventually the war pits Kenneth, on board the Monitor, against his friend Raymond, serving aboard the South's own ironclad, the Merrimac (as it is called here). A naval battle ensues, one that will go down in history.
Ratings
IMDb5.6/10
10 audience votes
Key crew
- Olive CooperScreenplay
- Lew AyresDirector
- Bernard SchubertScreenplay
Cast
- James DunnLt. Kenneth Reynolds
- Mae ClarkeConstance Jordan
- David MannersRaymond Jordan
- Charlotte HenryJulie Buchanan
- Henry B. WalthallCapt. Buchanan
- Fritz LeiberCapt. John Ericsson
- George IrvingCommodore Jordan
- Smiley BurnetteRammer
Stills
Themes
ironclads