Stand By For Action

Starring: Taylor, Robert and Laughton, Charles

Not long after Pearl Harbor, the U.S. scrambles for ships to put to sea -- ships like the dry-docked WWI destroyer Warren. An "old Noah's Ark," scoffs Lt. Gregg Masterman (Robert Taylor), a Harvard-schooled Bostonian ensconced in a cushy desk job. Care to guess who will be volunteered to be the aged ship's executive officer? The character of a callow young man who ultimately proves his worth is one Taylor had played before, notably in A Yank at Oxford and Flight Command. A stellar cast -- Charles Laughton, Brian Donlevy, Walter Brennan -- joins him in a tale that veers into comic waters (the crew become awkward caretakers of a bevy of infants rescued at sea) before steaming full ahead into the strategies and salvos of fiery battle action in the Pacific. Taylor would actually serve as a Navy Air Corps flight instructor during the war. Lovely Marilyn Maxwell, who debuts here, would entertain troops as a member of Bob Hope's USO tours.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 883316499771
• Release Date: July 2012
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Publisher: Allied Vaughn
• Director: Leonard, Robert Z.
• Starring: Taylor, Robert, Laughton, Charles
• Runtime: 1 hour, 49 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: DVD
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.5" x 5.4"