George Waggner (1894–1984)
Autore di The Wolf Man [1941 film]
Sull'Autore
Opere di George Waggner
Universal Monsters: The Essential Collection [Blu-ray] [Region Free] [UK Import] (1982) — Regista — 61 copie
4 Film Favorites: John Wayne (Back to Bataan / Flying Leathernecks / Operation Pacific / They Were Expendable) (2007) — Regista — 21 copie
Universal Horror: Classic Movie Archive (The Black Cat / Man Made Monster / Horror Island / Night Monster / Captive… (2009) — Regista — 4 copie
The Wolf Man [and] Werewolf of London [Double Feature Video) — Regista — 3 copie
El luchador de Kentucky 2 copie
Man-Made Monster [1941 film] 2 copie
Batman - An Egg Grows in Gotham; The Yegg Foes in Gotham; The Devil's Fingers; The Dead Ringers 1 copia
Lo Squalo Tonante 1 copia
Lionel Atwill: Murders in the Zoo / Doctor X /Man Made Monster /The Mad Doctor of Market Street / The Strange Case of… (1932) — Regista — 1 copia
Horror Island [1941 film] — Regista — 1 copia
Classic Monsters : The Definitive Collection — Primary contributor -- Director - The Wolf Man [1941 film] — 1 copia
Opere correlate
Universal Terror: Karloff in Night Key, The Climax, and The Black Castle — Regista — 2 copie
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Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Waggner, George
- Data di nascita
- 1894-09-07
- Data di morte
- 1984-12-11
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- New York, New York, USA
- Luogo di morte
- Woodland Hills, California, USA
- Attività lavorative
- film director
screenwriter
producer
actor
songwriter
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 22
- Opere correlate
- 4
- Utenti
- 282
- Popolarità
- #82,539
- Voto
- 3.8
- Recensioni
- 7
- ISBN
- 19
While in Pearl Harbor, the ship's Executive Officer, LCDR Duke E. Gifford (John Wayne) goes to visit Butch at the base hospital, and runs into his ex-wife, LTJG Mary Stuart (Patricia Neal), a Navy nurse, and they kiss passionately. Unfortunately, Mary is now romantically involved with Navy pilot LTJG Bob Perry (Philip Carey), Pop's younger brother. Duke pursues Mary anyway, but is sent to sea again before anything is settled.
As the sub returns from the patrol, they spot a Japanese freighter, but again their torpedoes fail to explode. The enemy ship raises the white flag, and Thunderfish surfaces and approaches. The freighter turns out to be a heavily armed Q-ship that opens fire on the sub. Mortally wounded, Commander Perry orders the boat to crash dive, knowing that he will not be able to get below before she submerges.
With the sub now under Duke's command, he takes the offensive against the Q-ship. He notifies the crew that the boat will "battle surface" after moving into position to attack the ship. On surfacing, Gifford orders the boat's deck guns and anti-aircraft guns, as well as numerous portable light and mountable heavy machine guns operated by the deck crew, to fire at will. After the Q-ship's bridge is disabled and the ship set afire, Duke orders flank speed, ramming the sub into the Japanese ship, holing the engine room and sinking the Q-ship.
Thunderfish, with her forward torpedo room seriously damaged but flooding contained, limps home for repairs. Back at Pearl Harbor, Bob Perry believes that Duke's order to dive the boat killed his brother, and he refuses to listen to Duke's explanation. Mary tries to comfort Duke, but he rejects her attempts, declaring he only did his duty and feels no regret.
Working with the sub base's torpedo specialists, Duke and the crew of the Thunderfish undertake an investigation to find out why the torpedoes are not exploding. When they finally discover the answer, Duke goes to Mary to celebrate, but she rejects him. Since he wouldn't let her into his life when he was at his lowest, she feels that they cannot have a real relationship. Her superior, Cmdr. Steele (Kathryn Givney), overhears the conversation and castigates Mary for throwing away her chance for happiness with Duke.
Once again Thunderfish heads to sea, this time as part of a scouting line searching for a Japanese fleet heading for Leyte to savage the American invasion force there. Thunderfish finds the enemy. Even though it will reveal their presence, Duke broadcasts the fleet's position. Once Pearl Harbor acknowledges the message, Duke salvoes his torpedoes and makes a run for it, throwing the attacking Japanese warships into chaos. Despite enduring a battering from Japanese depth charges, Thunderfish manages to sink a Japanese aircraft carrier.
In the next phase of the battle, American carrier aircraft arrive and attack the Japanese fleet. Thunderfish, now assigned to lifeguard duty, helps to rescue shot down American flyers, and does so while under attack from Japanese fighters. While rescuing LT Bob Perry, the Chief of the Boat and Junior, a seaman from a Navy family, are killed and Duke is wounded by a strafing Japanese Zero.
When the Thunderfish returns to Pearl Harbor after the patrol, Mary is waiting for Duke. The two, reconciled, head to the hospital, intending to adopt Butch. (fonte: Imdb)… (altro)