Battle of the Coral Sea (film)

1959 film

Battle of the Coral Sea

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Directed by| Paul Wendkos
Written by| Stephen Kandel
Daniel B. Ullman
Produced by| Charles H. Schneer
Starring| Cliff Robertson
Gia Scala
Patricia Cutts
Cinematography| Wilfred M. Cline
Edited by| Chester W. Schaeffer
Music by| Ernest Gold

Production
company

Morningside Productions

Distributed by| Columbia Pictures

Release date

* November 1959 (1959-11)

Running time

| 86 minutes
Country| United States
Language| English

Battle of the Coral Sea is a 1959 American war film directed by Paul Wendkos and starring Cliff Robertson, Gia Scala and Patricia Cutts.[1][2] It was distributed by Columbia Pictures.

## Plot

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The crew of an American submarine are on a reconnaissance mission, photographing Japanese installations through a periscope camera. When attacked by the Japanese (with similarities to USS Perch) the submarine is scuttled and the crew is captured. Tortured by the Japanese, with the help of British and Australian prisoners the submarine's officers make an escape bid to get their information to the Allies. The film ends with footage of the Battle of the Coral Sea (1942), which according to the film was made possible through the information brought back by the submariners.

## Cast

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* Cliff Robertson as Lieutenant Commander Jeff Conway
* Gia Scala as Karen Philips
* Teru Shimada as Commander Mori
* Patricia Cutts as Lieutenant Peg Whitcomb
* Gene Blakely as Lieutenant Len Ross
* L. Q. Jones as Yeoman Halliday
* Robin Hughes as Major Jammy Harris
* Tom Laughlin as Ensign Franklin
* George Takei as Japanese Radio Operator (uncredited)

## Filming locations

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Filming started March 1959.[3] Location filming was done on Santa Catalina Island and the Channel Islands off the coast of California.

## References

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1. ^ "Battle of the Coral Sea (1953) - Paul Wendkos - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related". AllMovie.
2. ^ BATTLE OF THE CORAL SEA Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 26, Iss. 300, (Jan 1, 1959): 157.
3. ^ FILMLAND EVENTS: Gene Blakeley Set in 'Coral Sea' Los Angeles Times 5 Mar 1959: B12.

## External links

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* Battle of the Coral Sea at IMDb
* Battle of the Coral Sea at the TCM Movie Database
* Battle of the Coral Sea at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
* Buchwald, Art (1961). "The Good and the Bad". How much is That in Dollars?. Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company. pp. 30–32 – via Internet Archive.

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Films directed by Paul Wendkos

* The Burglar (1957)
* The Case Against Brooklyn (1958)
* Tarawa Beachhead (1958)
* Gidget (1959)
* Face of a Fugitive (1959)
* Battle of the Coral Sea (1959)
* Because They're Young (1960)
* Angel Baby (1961)
* Gidget Goes Hawaiian (1961)
* Gidget Goes to Rome (1963)
* Johnny Tiger (1966)
* Attack on the Iron Coast (1967)
* Fear No Evil (1969)
* Guns of the Magnificent Seven (1969)
* Hell Boats (1970)
* The Brotherhood of the Bell (1970)
* Cannon for Cordoba (1970)
* The Mephisto Waltz (1971)
* A Little Game (1971)
* A Death of Innocence (1971)
* The Family Rico (1972)
* Haunts of the Very Rich (1972)
* The Strangers in 7A (1972)
* The Underground Man (1974)
* The Legend of Lizzie Borden (1975)
* Special Delivery (1976)
* The Death of Richie (1977)
* Good Against Evil (1977)
* 79 Park Avenue (1979)
* Betrayal (1978)
* A Woman Called Moses (1978)
* The Five of Me (1981)
* Cocaine: One Man's Seduction (1983)
* Scorned and Swindled (1984)
* The Bad Seed (1985)
* Blood Vows: The Story of a Mafia Wife (1987)
* Six Against the Rock (1987)
* Right to Die (1987)
* The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story (1988)
* The Great Escape II: The Untold Story (1988)
* Cross of Fire (1989)
* Blind Faith (1990)
* The Chase (1991)
* White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd (1991)
* A Match Made in Heaven (1997)

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