646f9e108c During WW2, two Navy officers take command of an obsolete, World War I-vintage, destroyer that is assigned to convoy-escort duty in the Japanese-controlled waters of the South Pacific.
U. S. Navy Lieutenant Gregg Masterman (<a href=">Robert Taylor), of THE Harvard and Boston Back Bay Mastermans, learned about the sea while winning silver cups sailing his yacht. He climbs swiftly in rank, and is now Junior Aide to Rear Admiral Stephen Thomas (<a href=">Charles Laughton). In contrast,Lieutenant Commander Martin J. Roberts (<a href=">Brian Donlevy), enlisted in World War I, and worked his way up gradually. He retired in 1935 but has been recalledExecutive Officer of the destroyer "Cranshaw." Impressed by Roberts' vigor, the rear admiral raises him to command of the destroyer "Warren,", an over-age World War I ship that has been recommissioned. Master laughs at Roberts' new command, only to have the Admiral assign himthe Executive Officer of the "Warren," under Roberts. The ship is to join a convoy which has already left Hawaii, bound for the United States. The Flagship of the convoy is the cruiser, "Chattanooga,' with Admiral Thomas in command. On the way, a lifeboat is sighted. From it are picked up two old sailors, two women and twenty babies. Their boat had been sunk while evacuating them from Hawaii. Roberts puts Masterman in charge of the infants. The destroyer reaches the convoy. That night, the Japanese attack the convoy, the "Chattanooga" is hit, and the enemy then turns its attention to the "Warren."
Robert Taylor, Brian Donlevy, Charles Laughton, and Walter Brennan "Stand by for Action" in this 1942 WW II drama.<br/><br/>Laughton appoints Ivy League Navy man Taylorexecutive officer of a World War I warhorse, The Warren, commanded by Donlevy. It's an old ship and needs a lot of repair work, but there are people who believe in it, most notably, Yeoman Henry Johnson (Brennan), who was with the ship in WWI.<br/><br/>En route to meet the convoy led by Laughton, the ship picks up survivors from a Hawaiian hospital - twenty babies and two pregnant women.<br/><br/>I'm pretty sure "Stand by for Action" was supposed to be a stirring propaganda drama, but once the babies come on board, it sort of becomes a comedy. Two different movies and one confused script. Some of the action was good, though.<br/><br/>I tend to watch Robert Taylor filmsan homage to my late mother, who loved him. He always reminds me of her - after all, I knew his real name when I was still in grade school. It always cracks me up that he does roles like the Harvard grad in this, or the title role in A Yank at Oxford. He was a Nebraska farm boy who loved the outdoors and horses, something he shared with his first wife, Barbara Stanwyck. But he sure looked debonair. He did make some very fine films, my favorite being Escape, one of his best performances. After the war, he played villainous roles - go figure.<br/><br/>Charles Laughton is greatusuala commander with a desk job dying to get back to active duty; Brian Donlevy is goodcaptain of The Warren, and Walter Brennan gives a sympathetic performanceYeoman Johnson.<br/><br/>This movie needed to stick to one thing - resuscitating this barge and putting it into battle, or taking care of babies and pregnant women.
"Stand By For Action" has a little bit of everything: tennis, babies, head injuries, sea battles, propaganda, multiple births, and Charles Laughton milking every scene like only he could do. The film tries so hard to squeeze in so much that I was expecting Brian Donlevy to give Robert Taylor advice on how to keep his mustache properly trimmed,wellthe wisdom he gives him on commanding a ship. "Stand By For Action" is unfocused and this is why it feels like it drifts to a climax rather than steams ahead. However unrealistic the final battle scene might be, I did find myself caught up in it. It maybe helped that they had Laughton actnarrator to make some sense of what the Warren was up to.


Perman full movie torrentdownload full movie The Simpsons Game in hindimalayalam movie download Day of ReckoningDragon's Lair II: Timewarp movie in hindi hd free downloadLethal Lens hd mp4 downloaddownload Cuentas por cobrarEpisode 1.18 full movie in hindi free download hd 720pDoce Lar full movie in hindi free download hd 720pZoids: Chaotic Century tamil dubbed movie torrentThe Green Ghost 720p torrent