Minesweeper

1943 PG-13 1h 7m

5.2 / 10 11

RATING

5.2/10

YOUR RATING

A naval officer who had deserted several years earlier is drawn back to the Navy when World War II begins. He re-enlists under an assumed name, and is assigned to a minesweeper, where he has to perform hazardous duties while at the same time keeping his real identity a secret.

Director William Berke

Writers

Edward T. Lowe Jr.Maxwell Shane

Stars

Richard Arlen Jean Parker Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams

Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams

CPO Ichabod Ferdinand 'Fixit' Smith

Cutter Lieutenant Wells

Bos'un 'Freshwater' Heims

Dub Taylor

Seaman Stubby Gordon

Action Adventure Drama Romance War

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Geronimo1967 26 Jun 2022

5/10

Richard Arlen ("Houston/Jim") deserts from the US Navy only to re-enlist (under a pseudonym) after Pearl Harbor is attacked. He is assigned to a minesweeper where he must defuse these lethal obstacles to shipping in the Pacific Ocean. That's the exciting bit. The rest of it is a bog-standard melodrama with him falling for "Mary" (Jean Parker) and engaging is some rather dull sparring with fellow s...