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Destination Tokyo is a war film released in 1943. It was directed by Delmer Daves and starred Cary Grant and John Garfield.

Runtime Listing: 131 or 135 mins. Black and White

Release Date: 1 Jan 1944 Premiere Information: World premiere in Pittsburgh: 15 Dec 1943 Production Date: 21 Jun--4 Sep 1943 Production Company: Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. Distribution Company: Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.

Director: Delmer Davies Cast: Cary Grant (Captian Cassidy) John Garfield (Wolf) Alan Hale (Cookie) John Ridgely (Reserve Officer Raymond) Dane Clark (Tin Can) Warner Anderson (Exec Officer) William Prince (Pills) Tommy Hutton (Tommy Adams) Tom Tully (Mike) Faye Emerson (Mrs. Cassidy) Peter Whitney (Dakota) Warren Douglas (Diving Officer) John Forsythe (Reynolds "Sparks") John Alvin (Sound man) Bill Kennedy (Gunnery Officer) Ralph McColm (Ensign) William Challee (Quartermaster) Whit Bissell (Yoyo) Stephen Richards (Admirals's aide) Jack Mower (Admiral's aide) John Whitney (Communication Officer) George Lloyd (Chief of boat) Maurice Murphy (Toscanini) Joy Barlowe (Wolf's girl) Bill Hunter (Market St. "commando") Hugh Prosser (Pilot) Frank Tang (Japanese pilot) Angel Cruz (Japanese bombardier) Pierre Watkin (Admiral) Cliff Clark (Admiral on "Hornet") Charles Thompson (Rear Admiral) Russ Whiteman (First Class Yeoman) Tony Hughes (Navy air officer) Deborah Daves (Debby Cassidy) Michael Daves (Michael Cassidy) Bob Lowell (Radio operator) ~ more crew, just don't have time to enter them all ~

Synopsis

The captain of the fictitious submarine USS Copperfin (played by Grant) and his crew accept the secret mission of infiltrating Tokyo Bay in order to supply intelligence for the up-coming Doolittle Raid, (see Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo). Made during the early phase of World War II when the US Navy was on the defensive, the film was effective propaganda.

Plot

On Christmas Eve, the submarine U.S.S. Copperfin leaves San Francisco Bay under sealed orders. Christmas morning, the crew, which includes Tommy Adams, a new recruit; Tin Can, a Greek American who fervently hates the Nazis; Wolf, who is always talking about his female conquests; Pills, a former science student who is now the medical officer; Mike, a quietly religious man; and Captain Cassidy, celebrates the holiday. After twenty-four hours at sea, Cassidy opens the orders, which direct him to proceed to Tokyo, by way of the Aleutian Islands. As the submarine approaches the Aleutians, a plane is spotted overhead. It is an American plane carrying Raymond, a meteorologist, who is traveling with the crew to Tokyo. Then two Japanese planes are spotted, and a battle ensues. Both planes are shot down, but the pilot of one of them parachutes to safety. When Mike tries to help him out of the water, the pilot stabs him to death and is killed in turn by Tommy. Because he was slow to shoot the pilot, Tommy blames himself for Mike's death and volunteers to defuse an unexploded bomb that has lodged under the boat's deck. After the bomb is successfully defused, the men bury Mike at sea. Tin Can does not attend the service, which infuriates the other men, but he explains that his favorite uncle, a philosopher, was killed by the Nazis, and every Allied death causes him great pain. As the submarine nears Tokyo Bay, Cassidy informs the men that the ship must negotiate the mine fields on the bay's perimeter. When a returning Japanese cruiser and two destroyers approach the bay, Cassidy decides to follow them into the bay and thus avoid the mines. That night, Wolf, Raymond and Sparks go ashore to make the observations necessary for a future air attack on Tokyo. While the men are away, Tommy is discovered to have a ruptured appendix, and Pills operates with the help of an instruction book and improvised scalpels. When the men on shore finish their observations, Raymond, who was reared in Tokyo, broadcasts their findings in Japanese. Despite this precaution, the Japanese decide to investigate the broadcast location, and the men narrowly escape discovery. Using the radioed information, the air attack on Tokyo begins, and the men of the Copperfin watch it through their periscope. After the attack, the submarine again slips through the mine fields by following a Japanese ship. The submarine's position is later revealed when the crew torpedoes a Japanese aircraft carrier. Other Japanese ships bomb the Copperfin , which is badly damaged. When the submarine is unable to evade the destroyer that is following it, Cassidy orders the men to attack. The destroyer is sunk, and the submarine heads back to San Francisco, where Cassidy's wife and children are waiting at the dock.

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