Destructor

Destructor (1943)

Destroyer

El auténtico protagonista de esta película es el destructor bélico norteamericano John Paul Jones, barco que sirvió en la I Guerra Mundial. La película repasa cada etapa de su vida y para ello se sirve de varios miembros de su tripulación. Uno de ellos es Steve, que ayudó a construirlo y ha aprovechado la II Guerra Mundial (1939-1945) para volver a filas; el otro es el capitán del destructor.

Fecha de estreno
1943-08-19
TMDB
6.8 / 10 (17)
Duración
1 h 39 min
Géneros
Aventura, Drama, Bélica
Director
William A. Seiter

Reparto

Curiosidades

Destroyer is a 1943 American war film directed by William A. Seiter and starring Edward G. Robinson.

Production

Lieutenant Commander Donald Smith, the film's technical advisor, served as Navigation Officer on USS Arizona until one month before the ship was sunk at Pearl Harbor.

The fictional destroyer in the film John Paul Jones II is, as explained in the film, named after the naval officer John Paul Jones who was the first commander of the US Navy. Although he died in France, he was reburied in the Naval Academy Chapel in Annapolis, Maryland. A film of his life was released in 1959.

There have been two ships of the United States Navy called John Paul Jones. At the time of the film, the Navy also had a destroyer called Paul Jones named for the historical figure. Currently operating with the US Navy is the USS John Paul Jones, an Arleigh Burke class destroyer (DDG-53). Like the fictional ship in this film, the USS John Paul Jones appeared prominently in a 2012 film, Battleship.

An error appears in the scene of the destroyer being launched as she begins to slide down the slipway before Mary launches the champagne bottle, which almost misses. This may have been because the scenes showing the ship sliding down the slipway used a real launching with the scene with Mary edited in post-production.

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