Don Winslow of the Navy

1942
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3h 57m

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Claire Dodd and Anne Nagel in Don Winslow of the Navy (1942)

Naval officer Don Winslow takes charge of islands near Pearl Harbor. He uncovers enemy agents plotting sabotage, aided by assistant and two women. Pursues mastermind behind subversive activi... Read allNaval officer Don Winslow takes charge of islands near Pearl Harbor. He uncovers enemy agents plotting sabotage, aided by assistant and two women. Pursues mastermind behind subversive activities disrupting supply shipments and war effort.Naval officer Don Winslow takes charge of islands near Pearl Harbor. He uncovers enemy agents plotting sabotage, aided by assistant and two women. Pursues mastermind behind subversive activities disrupting supply shipments and war effort.

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6.7/10

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Chapter Titles:
1. The Human Torpedo
2. Flaming Death
3. Weapons at Home
4. Towering Doom
5. Trapped in the Dungeon
6. Menaced by Man-Eaters
7. Bombed By the Enemy
8. Chamber of Doom
9. Wings of Destruction
10.Fighting Fathoms Deep
11.Caught in the Caverns
12.The Scorpion Strangled

Goofs
Chapter 10 foreword: It states that Barsac was in the dive bomber. Oops! He was later seen in the secret sub base.

Crazy credits
Chapter: 7 title "Bombed By the Enemy", the word 'bombed' is shown exploding.

Connections
Followed by Don Winslow of the Coast Guard (1943)

Soundtracks
Fingal's Cave Overture
by Felix Mendelssohn

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10/10

Top WWII Era Actioner, in production just before Official U.S.Involvement.

Don Winslow started life as the leading character in a series of books aimed at the juvenile boy trade. From there, Don had his own newspaper strip, Radio Program and Comic Book series. Finally, he made the jump to the silver screen in two serials from Universal.

The first one, DON WINSLOW of THE NAVY rates as one of the very best of that era.It combined Naval action with spies of still unnamed nations fighting forces of the U.S.Navy in a fictional South Pacific locale. Winslow acted as much as an intelligence agent as he did a Naval Officer.

The casting of Don Terry in the lead was truly a master stroke as he did not play the character, he became Don Winslow. The others in the cast did a yeoman's job making the whole film run very well and seemed to be a more realistic portrayal of real life occurrences than many serials did.

Add to this really good music, with the theme being a stirring rendition of "Anchors Aweigh" and we have one serial from the top shelf of Universal Pictures. And it seems to hold up quite well today.