Action in the North Atlantic

Action in the North Atlantic
Theatrical release half-sheet display poster
Directed byLloyd Bacon
Byron Haskin[1]
Raoul Walsh[1]
Screenplay byJohn Howard Lawson
Story byGuy Gilpatric
Produced byJerry Wald[2]
Starring
CinematographyTed D. McCord
Edited byGeorge Amy
Music byAdolph Deutsch
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release date
  • May 12, 1943 (1943-05-12) (US)
Running time
127 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2,231,000[3]
Box office$3,460,000[3][4][5]

Action in the North Atlantic, also known as Heroes Without Uniforms, is a 1943 American black-and-white war film from Warner Bros. Pictures, produced by Jerry Wald, directed by Lloyd Bacon, that stars Humphrey Bogart and Raymond Massey as officers in the U.S. Merchant Marine during World War II.[2] Typical of other films in the era, Action in the North Atlantic was created as a morale-boosting film during this world war and a film that told the story of unsung heroes.[6] As noted by film critic Bosley Crowther, "... it's a good thing to have a picture which waves the flag for the merchant marine. Those boys are going through hell-and-high-water, as 'Action in the North Atlantic' shows."[7]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Trivia was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b Walker 1994, p. 7.
  3. ^ a b Warner Bros financial information in The William Schaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1-31 p 23 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551
  4. ^ Schatz 1999, p. 218.
  5. ^ "Top grossers of the season." Variety, January 5, 1944, p. 54
  6. ^ Higham and Greenberg 1968, p. 96.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference NYT was invoked but never defined (see the help page).