Submarine Patrol (1938)

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Original title	Submarine Patrol
Film type	Feature
Category	Fiction
Director	John Ford
Producer	Darryl F. Zanuck
Screenplay	Rian James Darrell Ware Jack Yellen Show all
Original work	The Splinter Fleet of the Otranto Barrage (Book)
Production country	USA
Production company	Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Classification	Suitable for all audiences
Dialogue	English
Swedish release	1939-01-09

Cast

Richard Greene
Perry Townsend III

Nancy Kelly
Susan Leeds

Preston Foster
löjtnant John C. Drake

George Bancroft
kapten Leeds

George "Slim" Summerville (as Slim Summerville)
Ellsworth "Spuds" Fickett, kock

J. Farrell MacDonald
kapten (chief warrant officer) "Sails" Quincannon

Titles

Original title	Submarine Patrol
Swedish release title	Med förseglade order
Distribution title	Patrulla submarina (Argentina/Venezuela) Sinetöity määräys (Finland) Flotta a víz alatt (Ungern) Med forseglede ordrer (Norge) Patrouille en mer (Belgien/Frankrike) Esquadro heróica (Portugal) Pattuglia sottomarina (Italien) U-Baads Patruljen (Danmark) Θαλασσινή περίπολος (Grekland)
Working title	Suicide Fleet Wooden Anchors The Splinter Fleet

Crew

Director	John Ford
Screenplay	Rian James Darrell Ware Jack Yellen Don Ettlinger (ej krediterad) Karl Tunberg (ej krediterad) William Faulkner (ej krediterad) Kathryn Scola (ej krediterad) Sheridan Gibney (ej krediterad) George O. Noville (as Lieutenant Commander George O. Noville) (ej krediterad) Gene Markey (ej krediterad)
Producer	Darryl F. Zanuck
Production Manager	V.L. McFadden (ej krediterad)
Director of Photography	Arthur C. Miller (as Arthur Miller)
Production Designer	William S. Darling (as William Darling) Hans Peters
Film Editor	Robert Simpson
Production Mixer	E. Clayton Ward Roger Heman Eugene Grossman (ej krediterad)
Assistant Director	Edward O'Fearna (as Ed O'Fearna) Wingate Smith (ej krediterad)
Technical Advisor	Valentine Wood (as Captain Valentine Wood) (ej krediterad)
Script Supervisor	Meta Sterne (as Meta C. Sterne) (ej krediterad)
Associate Producer	Gene Markey Ralph Dietrich (ej krediterad)
Location Manager	R.L. Hough (ej krediterad) Ray C. Moore (as Ray Moore) (ej krediterad)
Unit Manager	Bernard McEveety (as B.F. McEveety) (ej krediterad)
Unit Publicist	Harry Brand (ej krediterad)
Still Photographer	Cliff Maupin (ej krediterad)
Assistant Cameraman	Joseph LaShelle (ej krediterad) Paul Lockwood (ej krediterad) Wally Meinardus (ej krediterad)
Gaffer	Jack Brown (ej krediterad)
Best Boy	Clarence Collins (ej krediterad)
Key Grip	Logan Brown (ej krediterad) Earl Nickerel (ej krediterad)
Musical Director	Arthur Lange
Set Decorator	Thomas Little
Propman	Joseph C. Behm (ej krediterad)
Assistant Property Master	Andy Kisch (ej krediterad)
Costume Designer	Gwen Wakeling
Make-up Supervisor	Sam Kaufman (ej krediterad)
Hair Stylist	Jean Adko (ej krediterad)
Wardrobe	David Preston (ej krediterad) Hilda Anderson (ej krediterad)
Assistant Film Editor	Jack Wells (ej krediterad) Mary Crumley (ej krediterad)
Sound Assistant	Harold A. Root (ej krediterad) Jack Lescoulie (ej krediterad)

Cast

Richard Greene	Perry Townsend III
Nancy Kelly	Susan Leeds
Preston Foster	löjtnant John C. Drake
George Bancroft	kapten Leeds
George "Slim" Summerville (as Slim Summerville)	Ellsworth "Spuds" Fickett, kock
J. Farrell MacDonald	kapten (chief warrant officer) "Sails" Quincannon
Warren B. Hymer	Rocky Haggerty, matros
Douglas Fowley	Pinky Brett, matros
Dick Hogan	Johnny Miller, matros
Elisha Cook Jr.	Rutherford Davis Pratt, matros, kallad The Professor
George E. Stone	Irving Goldfarb, matros
Jack Pennick	"Guns" McPeek, däcksunderofficer
John Carradine	McAllison (McAllister?)
Henry Armetta	Luigi
Joan Valerie	Anne
Max Rosenbloom (as Maxie Rosenbloom)	Joe Duffy
Charles Trowbridge	konteramiral (rear admiral) Joseph Maitland
Moroni Olsen	kapten Wilson
Ward Bond	Olaf Swanson, matros
Robert Lowery	"Sparks" Reynolds, radiotelegrafist
Harry Strang	Grainger, matros
Victor Varconi	Vanzano, italiensk marinpräst
-	Ej krediterade:
Russ Clark	Anderson
Harry Tenbrook	matros
George Bruggeman	matros
Max Wagner	korpral
Alan Davis	Maitlands adjutant
Murray Alper	ordonnans på Maitlands kontor
Lon Chaney Jr.	vakt
Dorothy Christy	McPeeks fästmö
Frank Moran	servitör
Ferdinand Schumann-Heink	tysk officer
Fred Malatesta	italiensk gendarm
Manuel París	italiensk gendarm
Duke Green	sjöman
Ray Cooke	sjöman
Ernie Alexander	sjöman
Dick Wessel	hamnpolis
E.E. Clive
Hans Schwimmer
S. East

Companies

Production Company	Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Copyright	Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation	1938-11-25	LP8721
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm)	AB Fox Film	1939

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number	58905
Date	1939-01-02
Classification	Suitable for all audiences
Original length	2545 meters
Censored length	2538 meters
Notes	Aktlängder: 0, 0, 0, 0, 0.

Technical specifications

Aspect ratio	1.37:1
Sound type	Sound
Sound system	Western Electric Recording
Colour type	Black and white
Carrier type	35 mm
Frames per second	24
Length in metres	2598 meter
Length in minutes	95 min
Reels	10 reels

Original work

Original title	The Splinter Fleet of the Otranto Barrage (Book)
Author	Ray Milholland

Production location

				1938-06	1938-08
	Annapolis, Maryland	USA

Release dates

First showing	1938-11-09		San Diego, Kalifornien	USA	95 min
Other showing	1938-11-25			USA	95 min	(US release)
Release in Sweden	1939-01-09	Palladium	Stockholm	Sweden	93 min

Soundtrack listing

Original title	Santa Lucia
Composer	Teodoro Cottrau	(1850/51)
Lyrics	Teodoro Cottrau	(italiensk text 1850/51)
	Arvid Rosén	(svensk text "Natten går tunga fjät")
	Sigrid Elmblad	(svensk text "Sankta Lucia, ljusklara hägring")