Don Winslow of the Navy

Don Winslow of the Navy

★ 10.0IMDb Score
Released:1942-01-06
Duration:237 min
Director:Ford Beebe
Actors:Don Terry, Claire Dodd, John Litel, Walter Sande, Anne Nagel
Production:Universal Pictures

Overview:

A movie serial in 12 Chapters: US naval officer Don Winslow is given command of Tangita Island, near Pearl Harbor, where a ring of saboteurs is trying to destroy ships carrying supplies to the troops stationed in the islands and sabotage the war effort under orders from an unknown leader.

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