Battle Stations (1956)
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Produced by low-budget maven Bryan Foy, Battle Stations is a standard wartime melodrama with the usual assortment of cliches. John Lund plays Father Joe McIntyre, who is assigned as chaplain of an Essex-class aircraft carrier. Father Joe finds himself in conflict with the carrier's Captain (Richard Boone), a strict disciplinarian with little room for compassion. Among the chaplain's allies on board are tough-but-tender chief bos'un Buck Fitzpatrick (William Bendix), hotheaded sailor Chris Jordan (Keefe Brasselle), and young pilot Pete Kelly (William Leslie), whose doom is assured the moment he learns that he's about to become a father. The economies in Battle Stations extend to its opening-credit music, which has been lifted bodily from Max Steiner's score for The Caine Mutiny. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- John Lund - Fr. Joe McIntyre
- Keefe Brasselle - Chris Jordan
- William Leslie - Ens. Pete Kelly
- Jimmy Lydon - Squawk Hewitt
- George O'Hanlon - Patrick Mosher
- Chris Randall - Archie Golder
- Gordon Howard - Lt. Hanson
- Frank Connor - Bos'un No. 1
- Jack Diamond - William Halsey
- William Bendix - Buck Fitzpatrick
- Richard Boone - The Captain
- John Craven - Comdr. James Matthews
- Claude Akins - Marty Brennan
- Eddie Foy III - Tom Short
- Robert Forrest - John Moody
- James Lilburn - Williams
- Dick Cathcart - Eddie
- Director(s):
- Lewis Seiler
- Writer(s):
- Crane Wilbur
- Producer(s):
- Bryan Foy
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