Destination Tokyo

"Explosive ! . . . And As Big As The Broad Pacific !"

1943 2h 15m EN

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★6.9TMDB · 73

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During World War II, Captain Cassidy and his crew of submariners are ordered into Tokyo Bay on a secret mission. They are to gather information in advance of the planned bombing of Tokyo. Along the way, the crew learn about each other as they face the enemy and some of them lose their lives.

“Explosive ! . . . And As Big As The Broad Pacific !”

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Cast

Cary Grant
Captain Cassidy
John Garfield
Wolf
Alan Hale
'Cookie' Wainwright
John Ridgely
Reserve Officer Raymond
Dane Clark
Tin Can
Warner Anderson
Andy
William Prince
Pills
Robert Hutton
Tommy Adams

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Delmer Daves
Writers: Steve Fisher, Delmer Daves, Albert Maltz
Languages: Japanese, English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Shot for just $1.5M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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2 / 8

ERA

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83 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Japanese, English.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Delmer Daves, shot by Bert Glennon. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Franz Waxman. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Christian Nyby shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Cary Grant and John Garfield and Alan Hale carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Explosive ! . . . And As Big As The Broad Pacific !".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Delmer Daves directs. Bert Glennon behind the camera. Franz Waxman scores. Christian Nyby cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in Japanese, English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Shot for just $1.5M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
283 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Japanese, English.
4Directed by Delmer Daves, shot by Bert Glennon. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Franz Waxman. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Christian Nyby shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Cary Grant and John Garfield and Alan Hale carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "Explosive ! . . . And As Big As The Broad Pacific !".
9IMDB entry: tt0035799 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Only 73 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Bert Glennon
Original score: Franz Waxman
Editing: Christian Nyby
Makeup / hair: Perc Westmore
Runtime: 135 min · 2h 15m
Status: Released
Budget: $1,516,000
Box office: $4,544,000
Return: 300% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: Destination Tokyo (1943)

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talisencrw2016-07-29
★ 9/10
This was a great and highly enjoyable WWII submarine thriller for me. One of my favourite American war films made during wartime and easily the grittiest performance I have ever seen from Cary Grant. Some marvelous and exciting work with a great supporting cast of fine actors from that era that one just loved to see when going through films of that particular epoch. Very fine stuff to see here for the adventurous cinephiles out there who just assume Grant was a lazy comic actor who sleepwalked through his films.

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