Men Without Women (1930)
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John Ford directed this undersea adventure from the early days of the sound era; it features talking sequences along silent passages with intertitles. After a brief shore leave in Singapore, where sailors have the opportunity to slake their thirsts for both liquor and women, the crew of a U.S. Navy… More John Ford directed this undersea adventure from the early days of the sound era; it features talking sequences along silent passages with intertitles. After a brief shore leave in Singapore, where sailors have the opportunity to slake their thirsts for both liquor and women, the crew of a U.S. Navy S-13 submarine is ordered back to duty (with many still drunk) in hopes of getting into safer waters before rough weather hits. In the midst of a storm, the sub collides with a ship and starts to sink; the S-13 begins taking on water, which knocks out their radio equipment not long after they begin sending out distress signals. The sub has a limited amount of oxygen on board, and tempers begin to flare as the men begin to wonder who (if anyone) can survive if they are not rescued soon. Adding to this tension is the presence of torpedo launcher Burke (Kenneth MacKenna). The ship's commander, Weymouth (Charles Gerrard), thinks that Burke may actually be Quartermain, a British officer who was the enemy of Weymouth's best friend and was widely presumed to be dead after going missing in action. A young Frank Albertson plays the sub's ensign, and John Wayne has a small part as a radio operator. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- John Ford
- Written By
- John Ford, James Kevin McGuinness
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure, Classics
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Feb 9, 1930 Wide
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Cast
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Kenneth MacKenna
as Chief Torpedoman Burke
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Frank Albertson
as Ens. Price
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Paul Page
as "Handsome"
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Warren Hymer
as Kaufman
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Walter McGrail
as Cobb
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John Farrell MacDonald
as Costello
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Stuart Erwin
as Jenkins the Radio Operator
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George Le Guere
as Pollock
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Harry Tenbrook
as Dutch Winkler
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Roy Stewart
as Capt. Carson
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Warner P. Richmond
as Lt. Commander Bridewell
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Charles Gerrard
as Commander Weymouth R. N
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Ben Hendricks Jr.
as Murphy
- Robert Parrish
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Pat Somerset
as Lt. Digby R.N.
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John Wayne
as Radioman on surface
- J. Farrell MacDonald
