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Stand by for Action

6.8 109 mins Action   Drama   War   Comedy   1942
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer  
Director(s): Robert Z. Leonard

U. S. Navy Lieutenant Gregg Masterman, of The Harvard and Boston Back Bay Mastermans, learned about the sea while winning silver cups sailing his yacht. He climbs swiftly in rank, and is now Junior Aide to Rear Admiral Stephen Thomas.

Casts of Stand by for Action

Robert Taylor

as Lieut. Gregg Masterman

Charles Laughton

as Rear Admiral Stephen Thomas

Brian Donlevy

as Lieut. Cmdr. Martin Roberts

Walter Brennan

as Chief Yeoman Henry Johnson

Chill Wills

as Mate Jenks, Chef-Bootsmann

Marilyn Maxwell

as Audrey Carr

Henry O'Neill

as Cmdr. Stone M.C

Marta Linden

as Mary Collins

Douglass Dumbrille

as Capt. Ludlow

Richard Quine

as Ensign Lindsay

William Tannen

as Flag Lt. Dudley

Douglas Fowley

as Ensign Martin

Tim Ryan

as Lt. Tim Ryan

Dick Simmons

as Lt. (jg) Royce

Byron Foulger

as Pharmacist's Mate 'Doc' Miller

Hobart Cavanaugh

as Carpenter's Mate 'Chips'

Inez Cooper

as Susan Garrison

Ben Welden

as Chief Quartermaster Rankin

Harry Fleischmann

as Chief Signalman

Douglas Wood

as Sen. Masterman (uncredited)

Spec O'Donnell

as Jason (uncredited)

Theodore von Eltz

as Commander (uncredited)

Elizabeth Russell

as Expectant Mother (uncredited)

Hal Le Sueur

as Lookout (uncredited)

Robert Kent

as Hank Nels (uncredited)

Sam Harris

as Senator at Party (uncredited)

William Roberts

as Marine Messenger (uncredited)

Frank McLure

as Ship Officer (uncredited)

Jim Davis

as Talker (uncredited)

Wally Cassell

as Talker (uncredited)

James Millican

as Talker (uncredited)

Harry 'Snub' Pollard

as Sailor (uncredited)

Frank Hagney

as Sailor (uncredited)

Duke York

as Sailor (uncredited)

Billy Bletcher

as Sailor (uncredited)

Harry Wilson

as Sailor (uncredited)

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