Away All Boats
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| Away All Boats | |
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 Original film poster |
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| Directed by | Joseph Pevney |
| Produced by | Howard Christie |
| Written by | Ted Sherdeman Kenneth M. Dodson (novel) |
| Starring | Jeff Chandler George Nader Lex Barker Julie Adams |
| Music by | Frank Skinner Heinz Roemheld |
| Cinematography | William H. Daniels in Technicolor and VistaVision |
| Editing by | Ted J. Kent |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
| Release date(s) |  16 August 1956 |
| Running time | 114 min |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
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Away All Boats is a 1956 war film produced by Universal Pictures. It was directed by Joseph Pevney and produced by Howard Christie from a screenplay by Ted Sherdeman based on the novel by Kenneth M. Dodson.
The film stars Jeff Chandler, George Nader, Lex Barker, Julie Adams, Keith Andes, Richard Boone with early appearances by Clint Eastwood and David Janssen.
The first choice for Chandler's role was Clark Gable who turned the film down.
The movie was filmed aboard the USS Randall. It is most notable for its realistic and terrifying depictions of Japanese kamikaze attacks on U.S. Navy ships during the last year of World War II in the Pacific Theatre.
Away All Boats is one of the few films made in VistaVision at a studio other than Paramount.
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[edit] External links
- Away All Boats at the Internet Movie Database
- Away All Boats - film review
