Battle of the Coral Sea (film)

Battle of the Coral Sea
Original film poster
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. It was distributed by Columbia Pictures.

Plot

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

• 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

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

External links

• Battle of the Coral Sea at IMDb
• Battle of the Coral Sea at AllMovie
• 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.