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  • Remember Pearl Harbor (1942)
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    75 min | Drama, Romance, War
Remember Pearl Harbor (1942)
Approved
75 min | Drama, Romance, War

On 16 November, 1941 at the La Dessa U. S. army post in the Philippines, a Japanese carrier ship off the coast transmits a coded message to the contraband radio of Nazi spies. The spies then stick the message, which states that a Tokyo ...See moreOn 16 November, 1941 at the La Dessa U. S. army post in the Philippines, a Japanese carrier ship off the coast transmits a coded message to the contraband radio of Nazi spies. The spies then stick the message, which states that a Tokyo battleship is approaching Pearl Harbor, to a bottle of German liquor called Kümmel. Just then, the womanizing private Steve "Lucky" Smith meets his fellow soldiers Bruce Gordon and "Portly" Porter in the Casa Marina bar, and Lucky and Steve both try to attract a beautiful woman, who soon informs them she is Portly's sister Marcia. Portly arranges a job for Marcia as the secretary to Andy L. Anderson, the owner of the bar. When a businessman named Littlefield slips into Marcia's booth and bothers her while reading the message on the bottle of Kümmel, Lucky defends her by attacking Littlefield, and Bruce and Portly join the fight. Captain Hudson disciplines the three by assigning them to find the spy's radio. Though Lucky is in charge of the mission, he soon returns to the bar to find Marcia. Bruce and Portly, meanwhile, pick up a coded radio transmission from a Japanese boat and follow the beam to the hideout of Littlefield and his two henchmen. A gunfight erupts during which Portly is killed and Littlefield escapes, and when Lucky later admits to the captain that he was not there, the captain court-martials him and promotes Bruce to corporal. Lucky quickly escapes from jail and soon after, Anderson, who is one of the spies, meets with Van Hoorten, another Nazi who is posing as a Dutch Indian. They discuss the success of their plan to stockpile ammunition and gas for the Japanese troops who plan to invade. Anderson agrees to kill Littlefield and arrange for the gas to be transported to their warehouse, and when Lucky turns to Anderson for help, believing the bar owner to be a friend, Anderson slyly tips him off to Littlefield's whereabouts. That night, Lucky attacks Littlefield and Anderson shoots him, then offers Lucky the job of transporting some "crude oil" to his warehouse. On the way, Bruce stops Lucky's truck and asks him to turn himself in that evening. At the warehouse, Lucky realizes that the cargo is not crude oil but gasoline, and when he and Marcia sneak into Van Hoorten's office that night, they find ammunition and a Nazi flag. Just then, Van Hoorten bursts in and attacks them, forcing Lucky to shoot him. Then Bruce, who has tracked Lucky to the warehouse, runs in just as the radio announces that Pearl Harbor has been bombed. Before the three can leave, Japanese planes land in the nearby field and the soldiers enter the office with Anderson. The three Americans run into the hills, where they find a radio and wire Captain Hudson for help. When the American troops arrive, Hudson spots another Japanese aircraft carrier in the bay. Understanding that the Japanese will soon outnumber them, Lucky courageously saves the Americans by flying the armed Japanese plane into the carrier in a suicide mission. Bruce receives a Distinguished Service Cross while Marcia collects the award on Lucky's behalf. See less
Director
Writers
Malcolm Stuart Boylan (original screenplay) | Isabel Dawn (original screenplay)
Cinematographer
Ernest Miller (photographed by)
Editor
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Updated May 18, 1942

Release date
May 18, 1942 (United States)

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41 cast members
Name Known for
Don 'Red' Barry
Pvt. Steve 'Lucky' Smith (as Donald M. Barry) Pvt. Steve 'Lucky' Smith (as Donald M. Barry)   See fewer
Alan Curtis
Bruce Gordon Bruce Gordon   See fewer
Fay McKenzie
Marcia Porter Marcia Porter   See fewer
Sig Ruman
Dirk Van Hoorten Dirk Van Hoorten   See fewer
Ian Keith
Capt. Hudson Capt. Hudson   See fewer
Rhys Williams
Señor 'Andy' Anderson Señor 'Andy' Anderson   See fewer
Maynard Holmes
Pvt. 'Portly' Porter Pvt. 'Portly' Porter   See fewer
Diana Del Rio
Doralda Doralda   See fewer
Robert Emmett Keane
Mr. Littlefield Mr. Littlefield   See fewer
Sammy Stein
MP Sgt. Adams MP Sgt. Adams   See fewer
Paul Fung
Japanese Bartender Japanese Bartender   See fewer
James B. Leong
Japanese Major Japanese Major   See fewer
Escolastico Baucin
Felipe - Driver (uncredited) Felipe - Driver (uncredited)   See fewer
Carmella Cansino
Filipino Girl Chasing 'Lucky' (uncredited) Filipino Girl Chasing 'Lucky' (uncredited)   See fewer
Yakima Canutt
Bar Brawler (uncredited) Bar Brawler (uncredited)   See fewer
Luke Chan
Gate Watchman at Copra Plant (uncredited) Gate Watchman at Copra Plant (uncredited)   See fewer
Eddie Dew
Sergeant (uncredited) Sergeant (uncredited)   See fewer
Earle S. Dewey
Announcer (uncredited) Announcer (uncredited)   See fewer
Charles Flynn
Army Radioman (uncredited) Army Radioman (uncredited)   See fewer
Benny Inocencio
Soldier (uncredited) Soldier (uncredited)   See fewer
John James
Soldier in Cafe (uncredited) Soldier in Cafe (uncredited)   See fewer
Bruce Kellogg
Officer (uncredited) Officer (uncredited)   See fewer
Al Kikume
Code Messenger (uncredited) Code Messenger (uncredited)   See fewer
Saburo Kurusu
Saburo (archive footage) (uncredited) Saburo (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Linda Lawrence
Tessie (uncredited) Tessie (uncredited)   See fewer
Richard Loo
Mandolin-Playing Japanese Radioman (uncredited) Mandolin-Playing Japanese Radioman (uncredited)   See fewer
Knox Manning
News Reporter at Airport (uncredited) News Reporter at Airport (uncredited)   See fewer
Frank Marlowe
Officer (uncredited) Officer (uncredited)   See fewer
Marcelo Martinez
Old Filipino Man in Roadway (uncredited) Old Filipino Man in Roadway (uncredited)   See fewer
George O'Hanlon
Radio Operator (uncredited) Radio Operator (uncredited)   See fewer
José Pérez
Filipino Bartender (unconfirmed) (uncredited) Filipino Bartender (unconfirmed) (uncredited)   See fewer
Lorin Raker
Soldier (uncredited) Soldier (uncredited)   See fewer
Pedro Regas
Code Interpreter (uncredited) Code Interpreter (uncredited)   See fewer
Mark Roberts
Marine (uncredited) Marine (uncredited)   See fewer
Mel Ruick
Radio Voice (voice) (uncredited) Radio Voice (voice) (uncredited)   See fewer
David Savage
Soldier (uncredited) Soldier (uncredited)   See fewer
Wallace Scott
Soldier (uncredited) Soldier (uncredited)   See fewer
Ralph Soncuya
Pancho - Relief Truck Driver (uncredited) Pancho - Relief Truck Driver (uncredited)   See fewer
Tom Steele
Bar Brawler (uncredited) Bar Brawler (uncredited)   See fewer
Herb White
Airplane Pilot (uncredited) Airplane Pilot (uncredited)   See fewer
Victor Wong
Japanese Junior Officer (uncredited) Japanese Junior Officer (uncredited)   See fewer
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