When her father dies, a young girl helps a young man take command of the ship to fight the British during the war of 1812.
Costume
Every naval uniform looks borrowed from a high school production.
Acting
Louise Platt carries the entire film while men pose dramatically.
Director
Richard Wallace
Victor Mature
Daniel 'Dan' Marvin
Louise Platt
Corunna Dorman
Leo Carrillo
Lucien Argandeau
Bruce Cabot
Lehrman Slade
Robert Barrat
Capt. Dorman
Vivienne Osborne
Victorine Argandeau
Alan Ladd
Newton
Miles Mander
Lieut. Strope
El Brendel
Slushy
Roscoe Ates
Chips
Andrew Tombes
Sad Eyes
Aubrey Mather
Mr. Potter
J. Pat O'Malley
Fish Peddler
Lloyd Corrigan
Capt. Stannage
Ted Osborne
Capt. Decatur
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was one of seven films Victor Mature made in 1940 alone. The man never slept.
Based on a Kenneth Roberts novel, part of a wave of 1930s-40s American historical fiction romanticizing the War of 1812 as national identity mythology.
US
