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Stand by for Action

Release Year
1942
Runtime
1h 49m
Genres
Action
Comedy
Drama
War
Directed By
Robert Z. Leonard
Stand by for Action

U. S. Navy Lieutenant Gregg Masterman, of The Harvard and Boston Back Bay Mastermans, learned about the sea while winning silver cups sailing his yacht. He climbs swiftly in rank, and is now Junior Aide to Rear Admiral Stephen Thomas.

Cast & Crew

Cast

Robert Taylor

Lieut. Gregg Masterman

Charles Laughton

Rear Admiral Stephen Thomas

Brian Donlevy

Lieut. Cmdr. Martin Roberts

Walter Brennan

Chief Yeoman Henry Johnson

Chill Wills

Mate Jenks, Chef-Bootsmann

Marilyn Maxwell

Audrey Carr

Henry O'Neill

Cmdr. Stone M.C

Marta Linden

Mary Collins

Douglass Dumbrille

Capt. Ludlow

Richard Quine

Ensign Lindsay

William Tannen

Flag Lt. Dudley

Tim Ryan

Lt. Tim Ryan

Crew

Robert Z. Leonard

Director

George Bruce

Screenplay

John L. Balderston

Screenplay

Herman J. Mankiewicz

Screenplay

Charles Rosher

Director of Photography

George Boemler

Editor

Harvey S. Haislip

Original Story

R.C. Sherriff

Original Story

Laurence Kirk

Story

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