| Destination Tokyo | |
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 theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Delmer Daves |
| Screenplay by | Delmer Daves Albert Maltz |
| Story by | Steve Fisher |
| Produced by | Jerry Wald Jack L. Warner |
| Starring | Cary Grant John Garfield |
| Cinematography | Bert Glennon |
| Edited by | Christian Nyby Vladimir Barjansky |
| Music by | Franz Waxman William Lava |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release dates |
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Running time | 131 or 135 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1,516,000[2] |
| Box office | $4,544,000[2] |
Destination Tokyo is a 1943 black and white American submarine war film.[3] The film was directed by Delmer Daves in his directorial debut,[4] and the screenplay was written by Daves and Albert Maltz, based on an original story by former submariner Steve Fisher.[5] The film stars Cary Grant and John Garfield and features Dane Clark, Robert Hutton, and Warner Anderson, along with John Ridgely, Alan Hale Sr. and William Prince.
Destination Tokyo has been called "the granddaddy of submarine films like Run Silent, Run Deep (1958), Das Boot (1981), and U-571 (2000)".[4]
Produced during the height of World War II, the film was used as propaganda to boost morale back home and to entice young men to join the Submarine Service of the U.S. Navy.
- ^ Destination Tokyo at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- ^ 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. 24 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551
- ^ Halliwell 1989, p. 267.
- ^ a b McGee, Scott. "Articles: 'Destination Tokyo' (1944)." TCM.com, 2019. Retrieved: August 15, 2019.
- ^ Evans 2000, p. 56.