Okinawa (film)

Okinawa
Directed by	Leigh Jason
Written by	Arthur A. Ross
Screenplay by	Jameson Brewer Leonard Stern
Produced by	Wallace MacDonald
Starring	Pat O'Brien Cameron Mitchell Richard Denning
Cinematography	Henry Freulich
Edited by	Jerome Thoms
Production company	Columbia Pictures
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	February 28, 1952 (1952-02-28)
Running time	67 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Okinawa is a 1952 American war film directed by Leigh Jason and starring Pat O'Brien, Cameron Mitchell and Richard Denning. It was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures as a second feature.

Plot

Captain Hale commands a U.S. Navy destroyer taking part in the Battle of Okinawa and the kamikaze attacks.

Cast

• Pat O'Brien as Lt. Cmdr. Hale
• Cameron Mitchell as 'Grip' McCleary
• Richard Denning as Lt. Phillips
• Rhys Williams as Robby Roberg
• James Dobson as Emerson
• Richard Benedict as Delgado
• Rudy Robles as Felix
• Norman Budd as Smith
• Don Gibson as Lt. Sanders
• George A. Cooper as Yeoman

Reception

A contemporary review noted that "unfortunately [the film] carried as a cargo an overload of dialogue." ^[1]

References

1. Independent Film Journal. 1952.

External links

• Okinawa at IMDb
• Okinawa at the TCM Movie Database
• Okinawa at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films