Robert Lowery

Jean Parker

William Henry

Roscoe Karns

Robert Armstrong

Larry Nunn

Mary Treen

Joseph Crehan

Sharon Douglas

Tom Keene

Sarah Padden

Ralph Peters

John 'Skins' Miller

Wallace Pindell

Hjalmar F. Hanson

Art Lasky

John J. 'Red' Madigan

Will Wright

Maxwell Shane

William Berke

Action

Drama

The Navy Way

Paramount Pictures

Pine-Thomas Productions

United States of America

CinemaSerf

It wouldn't be fair to just describe this as a piece pf propaganda, but the rallying call for would-be sailors is writ large. It's quite a personable affair, following the trials and tribulations of a group of recruits as they adjust from their life on civvy street to the new disciplines of the Service. Robert Lowery ("Johnny") and William Henry ("Randall") even manage to fall for the same woman Jean Parker ("Ellen") but will their loyalty to their country prevail...? This is a light hearted, jolly, cheap as chips piece of cinema that makes a slight nod to the unpopularity of the draft, but ultimately was a morale booster in 1944, and though sentimental in nature, is not unwatchable 70-odd years later.

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