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India Press Store - Destination Tokyo
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Manufacturer: MGM (Warner)
Starring: Cary Grant, John Garfield, Alan Hale, John Ridgely, Dane Clark
Directed By: Delmer Daves
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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786301967594
Format: Black & White
ISBN: 6301967593
Label: MGM (Warner)
Manufacturer: MGM (Warner)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Warner)
Release Date: 1998-05-19
Running Time: 135
Studio: MGM (Warner)
Theatrical Release Date: 1943-12-31
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Summary: The Keys Of The Kingdom
Comment: A fine movie, Peck is the best. This is about a missionaries life. It might touch on the meaning of life for some. Is happiness about getting things or service to mankind?
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Summary: Memorable insights about the submarine war!
Comment: This is one of this few tense War films that really will keep you in absolute tension from start to finish.
Filmed with overpowering realism and sobriety, the smart script depicts the expectations of the crew before the final sequence when they arrive to Japan to follow strategic instructions of military intelligence and to stop the enemy's float.
Cary Grant in one of his most credible roles. An admirable direction of Delmer Davis.
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Summary: Good Film Even if a Little Dated
Comment: Cary Grant was highly underrated as an actor in his dramatic and especially comedic roles. In his role as a WW2 submarine commander, he does not disappoint. The film works very well with his able and steady hand at the periscope. Their mission is to infiltrate Tokyo Harbor to get important meteorological information. Their journey has the travails suffered by sub crews - air attacks, medical emergencies and other near misses.
Remember: This is a war film made to encourage Americans in a still desperate fight against Japanese fascism. The scales have not yet tilted in America and democracy's favor. So yes, there are jabs at the Japanese as the enemy but that makes this film not just realistic but an authentic piece of recorded history for the temperament of these times.
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Summary: A multi-dimensional WWII movie.
Comment: I just finished rewatching this great war movie in honor of the anniversary of General Doolittle's 1942 raid on Tokyo. After watching, I'm in awe of all that's going on in this movie. The special effects are top notch for a movie made during war time---seeing the sub going through authentic looking Japanese mine fields was nail biting. Cary Grant is very effective as the captain with a great supporting cast---I sure did underrate John Garfield--he was one heck of an actor. This does not have lots of action--instead, it focuses on the trails & tribulations of the crew & their living environment under extremely harsh conditions while trying to complete their mission. It's a compliment to the director that the focus is not always on the star--Mr. Grant--but instead the main focus is on the mission & we also get to know a little bit about many a crew member. Give this flick a view---I guarantee you'll sit through this strapped into your seat. I salute our Silent Service.
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Summary: Destination Tokyo
Comment: Notwithstanding some explicit anti-Japanese sentiment, crew rough-housing and longings for home that feel a touch sappy in today's unsentimental world, "Destination" stands as a first-rate propaganda picture, released at a time when we needed it most. Grant is fabulous playing against his usual well-tailored image in a modern war movie, one of his few. His Cassidy is steady but human--a born leader. His crew is also tops, with young star-to-be John Garfield a stand-out as a female-crazed sailor aptly dubbed "Wolf." And the movie only improves the closer we get to Japan, and to the outcome of the sub's delicate and dangerous assignment.
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The offbeat casting of Cary Grant as a submarine captain pays off in this tense WWII underwater picture; he ably trades in his sophistication for the sweaty close quarters of an action movie. The mission? Infiltrate the mined harbor of Tokyo itself, a feat bookended by a brief confrontation in the Aleutians and a depth-charge chase through the open sea. Skipper Grant is supported by the usual stock crew of Navy melting-pot types, with John Garfield drawing duty as the resident dame-crazy fantasist. (Somebody forgot to put the saltpeter in his chow, apparently.) The solid action alternates with dialogue that tends toward the schmaltzy or jingoistic (the movie's become somewhat notorious for its unusually nasty propagandistic jabs at the Japanese enemy). Destination Tokyo was the directing debut of Delmer Daves, who would later excel in smart Westerns such as 3:10 to Yuma. --Robert Horton
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