The read
Critics rate it 37 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
When Lt. John Harkness is assigned as the new skipper of a submarine chaser equipped with an experimental steam engine, he hopes that the U.S.S. Teakettle's veterans will afford him enough help to accomplish the ship's goals. Unfortunately, he finds the crew and its officers share his novice status or only have experience in diesel engines.
Ratings
IMDb6.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 37 points higher than audiences do.
15 audience votes
Key crew
- John W. HazardWriter
- Henry HathawayDirector
- Richard MurphyWriter
- Cyril J. MockridgeOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Gary CooperLt. John W. Harkness
- Jane GreerEllie C. Harkness
- Millard MitchellGeorge Larrabee
- Eddie AlbertLt. Bill Barron
- John McIntireCmdr. W. R. Reynolds
- Ray CollinsRear Adm. L. C. Tennant
- Harry von ZellCapt. 'Danny' Eliot
- Jack WebbEns. Anthony 'Tony' Barbo
- Richard ErdmanEns. Chuck Dorrance
- Harvey LembeckNorelli
- Henry SlateChief Engineer Ryan
- Ed BegleyPost Commander
Stills
Themes
experimentparis, francesubmarineu.s. navyboiler roomsteam engine