MEN WITHOUT WOMEN
DIRECTED BY JOHN FORD
PRODUCED BY JOHN FORD/ JAMES KEVIN MCGUINNESS
FOX FILM CORPORATION
Information from IMDb
Plot Summary
Aboard the U.S. submarine S13 in the China seas,
Chief Torpedoman Burke goes about his duties.
In actuality, he is Quartermaine, the infamous former commander
of the British ship Royal Scot, which was sunk by Germans with a Field Marshal aboard.
Quartermaine had told his sweetheart that the Field Marshal would be aboard,
not knowing that she was an informant for the enemy.
When the S13 sinks, Burke takes charge when the commander,
Ensign Price, is unable to command. Burke must keep his mates
alive long enough on the bottom of the sea for rescuers to arrive.
Summary written by Jim Beaver
Full Cast
Kenneth MacKenna .... Chief Torpedoman Burke
Frank Albertson .... Ens. Albert Edward Price
J. Farrell MacDonald .... Costello (as Farrell Macdonald)
Warren Hymer .... Kaufman
Paul Page .... Handsome
Walter McGrail .... Joe Cobb
Stuart Erwin .... Radioman Jenkins
George LeGuere .... Curly Pollock
Charles K. Gerrard .... Cmdr. Weymouth (as Charles Gerrard)
Ben Hendricks Jr. .... Murphy
Harry Tenbrook .... Dutch Winkler
Warner Richmond .... Lt. Cmdr. Briddwell
Frank Baker .... Undetermined role
Ivan Lebedeff .... Man in bar with top hat (uncredited)
Robert Parrish .... Undetermined role (uncredited)
Frank Richardson .... Singing sailor in Shanghai (uncredited)
Pat Somerset .... Lt. Digby (uncredited)
Roy Stewart .... Capt. Carson (uncredited)
John Wayne .... Radioman on surface (Credited as Duke Morrison)
Writing Credits
John Ford (story Submarine) and
James Kevin McGuinness (story Submarine)
Dudley Nichols
Otis C. Freeman (titles)
Cinematography
Joseph H. August
Trivia
The only extant sound version is actually from a work print for the International version. It's held by the Museum of Modern Art.
It is sometimes stated, incorrectly, that this picture was based on the play "Submerged" by 'Clay Shaw', who was later acquitted of conspiring to assassinate President John F. Kennedy. When this picture was released Shaw was about 17 years old.
Filming Locations
Santa Catalina Island, Channel Islands, California, USA
San Diego, California, USA