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Destination Tokyo (1943)

In order to provide information for the first air raid over Tokyo, a U.S. submarine sneaks into Tokyo Bay and places a spy team ashore.

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Made during World War II, this chronicles a voyage of a U.S. submarine on a secret mission to the very shores of Japan. Much of the film is spent developing the cast of characters that populate the sub. Written by John Vogel <[email protected]>

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

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Ha-Ya'ud: Tokyo  »

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Trivia

Apparently, President Franklin D. Roosevelt mandated that this movie make no explicit reference to either military electronics or radar. See more »

Goofs

As the sub departs from S.F., passing under the G.G bridge, a mountain is seen behind the boat. There is no 'mountain' in that location. The only real mountain anywhere nearby is Mount Tamalpais (< 2,600 ft), and it is north of the bridge, which is off screen to the left. See more »

Quotes

Capt. Cassidy: Christoforo Colombo! Here comes a flattop, with a destroyer screen.
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God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
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Traditional English carol (1833)
Sung and Played by the submarine crew at Christmas
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Loved this movie, in spite of its goofs
23 March 2000 | by (Austin, Texas) – See all my reviews

Great propaganda film for WWII. However, can anyone really believe that Cary Grant is from Oklahoma City? Since the Doolittle raid was in April of 1942, the movie has to begin on Christmas day 1941 - a little less that three weeks after the US got into the war. But the Captain says that this is their 5th tour. Cookie says that the previous Christmas (1940) they spent getting depth charged. Unless they decided to get into the war before it was declared. By the way, the actor who played Cookie is not the Alan Hale who went on to become the Skipper in Gilligan's Island. Alan Hale died in 1950. The Skipper was his son, Alan Hale, jr.


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