The story of two Naval crewmen who work hard at sea and play harder on land.
Acting
Beery's lovable lout vs. Gable's smoldering young gun.
Production
Genuine Navy cooperation—real ships, real stunts.
Practical Effects
Death-defying aerial photography over actual Pacific.
Director
George W. Hill
Wallace Beery
"Windy" Riker
Clark Gable
Steve Nelson
Conrad Nagel
Duke Johnson
Dorothy Jordan
Ann Mitchell
Marie Prevost
Lulu
Marjorie Rambeau
Mame Kelsey
Cliff Edwards
Baldy
John Miljan
Lt. Cmdr. Jack Griffin
Landers Stevens
Admiral
Alan Roscoe
Captain - U.S.S Saratoga
Frank Conroy
Chaplain
Robert Young
Graham - Pilot Reporting Missing Airplanes (uncredited)
John George
Barfly (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Navy provided USS Saratoga and 80 aircraft; two pilots actually crashed during filming, one fatally.
This was Gable's breakout—the role that convinced MGM to keep him out of loan-out hell.
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