This Man's Navy (1945)
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Ned Trumpet (Wallace Beery), the chief pilot of a Navy blimp, is given to weaving accounts of the fighting prowess of his non-existent son. His friendship with widow Maude Weaver (Selena Royle) and her son Jess (Tom Drake) in effect sets him up with a real family. Jess enters the service and goes on to sink an enemy submarine -- from a blimp. Having that real-life feat to brag about, Ned can at last quell all the longtime doubts of his friend Jimmy (James Gleason), and he decides to marry Maude. Bit-Part Alert: Watch for a young Blake Edwards, the future writer/director of 10, S.O.B., and Victor/Victoria, as a flier. ~ Nicole Gagne, Rovi
- Starring:
- Wallace Beery, Tom Drake, (more)
- Director(s):
- William Wellman
Synopsis of This Man's Navy
Ned Trumpet (Wallace Beery), the chief pilot of a Navy blimp, is given to weaving accounts of the fighting prowess of his non-existent son. His friendship with widow Maude Weaver (Selena Royle) and her son Jess (Tom Drake) in effect sets him up with a real family. Jess enters the service and goes on to sink an enemy submarine -- from a blimp. Having that real-life feat to brag about, Ned can at last quell all the longtime doubts of his friend Jimmy (James Gleason), and he decides to marry Maude. Bit-Part Alert: Watch for a young Blake Edwards, the future writer/director of 10, S.O.B., and Victor/Victoria, as a flier. ~ Nicole Gagne, Rovi
Complete Cast of This Man's Navy
- Wallace Beery - Ned Trumpet
- James Gleason - Jimmy Shannon
- Selena Royle - Maude Weaver
- Steve Brodie - Tim Shannon
- Donald Curtis - Operations Officer
- Will Fowler - David
- Henry Daniels, Jr. - Crew Member
- Blake Edwards - Flier
- Connie Weiler - WAVE
- Carlyle Blackwell
- John Kellogg - Junior Pilot
- Paul Cavanagh - Sir Anthony Tivall
- Tom Drake - Jess Weaver
- Jan Clayton - Cathey Cortland
- Henry O'Neill - Lt. Cmdr. Roger Graystone
- George Chandler - Bert Bland
- Arthur Walsh - Cadet Rayshek
- Noah Beery, Sr. - Joe Hodum
- Bruce Kellogg
- Bob Lowell - Mechanic
- George Ramsey - Pilot
- Dick Rich - Shore Patrolman
- Dick Crockett - Sparks
- Director(s):
- William Wellman
- Writer(s):
- Derek N. Twist, Alan Rivkin, Hugh Allen
- Producer(s):
- Samuel Marx
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