| Academy Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 | Nominated | Oscar | Best Effects, Special Effects Vernon L. Walker (photographic) James G. Stewart (sound) |
RKO Radio Pictures
Directed by A. Edward Sutherland
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(VHS, RKO)
(Turner Classic Movies)
Beyond the patriotic propaganda of WWII there is a decent little drama of a rag-tag Navy ship and her crew searching for German submarines. They use a captured sub's own device against them: a time delay bomb which they hide in torpedoes. They pose as a German supply ship to get them on board, then watch as the subs explode. A romantic subplot involving Jane Wyatt is not too intrusive. I'm not sure how this got nominated for a Special Effects Oscar, as there is obvious back projection and miniatures for the battle scenes.
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