The Navy Comes Through
The Navy Comes Through is a 1942 American World War II film directed by A. Edward Sutherland. It stars Pat OBrien, George Murphy and Jane Wyatt. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects Vernon L. Walker, James G. Stewart.The film was based on Borden Chases 1939 short story Pay to Learn. The working titles of the film were Pay to Learn and Battle Stations. The film was the first RKO Pictures use of a new radio signal trademark that spelled out the word victory. Prior to this, the studios radio signal trademark spelled out RKO.
When the United States enters World War II, however, Sands joins as an enlisted man. By chance, he is assigned to Mallory, to their mutual displeasure. They and the rest of Mallorys men are disappointed to be assigned to man the guns of the freighter Sybil Gray. When Myra comes to see her brother off though she is assigned to the same convoy as a Navy nurse, she encounters Sands, whom she had not seen since the inquiry.On board, Coxswain G. Berringer Max Baer recognizes Sands, making him a pariah among the navy sailors. On the voyage to England, they are attacked by a German Uboat on the surface. They exchange fire, before the submarine is driven off by escorting warships. As Bayless is seriously injured, doctor Lieutenant Commander Murray and Myra are brought aboard. They remain on the ship to avoid delaying the convoy further. A near encounter with a German pocket battleship in the fog causes Sands to reveal that he still loves Myra. ........
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