Action in the North Atlantic

US Merchant Marines battle Nazi U-boats amid the deadly seas of WWII in this action-packed drama starring Humphrey Bogart, Raymond Massey and Alan Hale., A rousing tribute to the men of the wartime Merchant Marine, focusing on the Liberty ship Sea Witch as it makes its perilous journey in a convoy to Murmansk, under attack from German submarines and aircraft. Starring Humphrey Bogart and Raymond Massey as Lt Joe Rossi and Captain Steve Jarvis, the two officers charged with getting the ship to safety., Action in the North Atlantic is solid wartime propaganda with a rather endearing inner lining of left-wing politics, courtesy (no doubt) of scenarist John Howard Lawson, who based his screenplay on a novel by maritime specialist Guy Gilpatric. While running war goods to America’s Russian allies, a merchant marine ship captained by Raymond Massey is torpedoed. The courage of Massey and his first mate Humphrey Bogart serves as an inspiration to the survivors, who manage to navigate their tiny lifeboat to America, where they are lauded as heroes. After only the briefest of compassionate leaves (Massey is reunited with wife Ruth Gordon, while Bogart strikes up a relationship with Julie Bishop), the crew is assigned a new Liberty Ship. Despite fears of being torpedoed again, Massey, Bogart, and the other men successfully bring their cargo to Russia, shooting down several German planes in the process. As the Americans are cheered on by the smiling, well-fed Russian seamen and peasants, Action in the North Atlantic fades out, with the voice of Franklin D. Roosevelt (actually radio announcer Art Gilmore) heard on the soundtrack encouraging a “United Nations” allegiance against the axis. The supporting cast of Action in the North Atlantic includes a young newcomer by the name of Bernard Zanville, whose billing was changed to “Dane Clark” upon the film’s release., Those unsung heroes of World War II, the Merchant Marines, run the gauntlet of Nazi U-boats and bombers as they struggle to get vital supplies along the only supply route between the free world and its Soviet ally. Bogart heads a fine ensemble cast., US Merchant Marines battle Nazi U-boats amid the deadly seas of World War II in this action-packed drama starring Humphrey Bogart and Raymond Massey., Well-paced war actioner starring Humphrey Bogart in a tribute to the American North Atlantic merchant marines. Here, a convoy of ships are bound for Soviet waters but are beset by Nazi warplanes and submarines., During World War II, an American merchant-marine vessel dodges Nazi submarines and planes while running supplies to Russian allies., World War II drama. Humphrey Bogart and Raymond Massey star in this tribute to the men of the Merchant Marine, which focuses on the Liberty ship Sea Witch as it journeys to Murmansk., World War II drama in which an American merchant navy crew see action aplenty in the Atlantic as they struggle to get vital cargoes to Russia along the only supply route between the free world and its Soviet allies.