Son of the Navy

Son of the Navy
Film poster
Directed by	William Nigh
Produced by	Scott R. Dunlap (producer) Grant Withers (associate producer)
Written by	True Boardman (story) Grover Jones (story) Marion Orth (screenplay) George Waggner (screenplay)
Starring	Jean Parker James Dunn Martin Spellman
Music by	Edward J. Kay
Cinematography	Harry Neumann
Edited by	Russell F. Schoengarth
Production company	Monogram Pictures
Release dates	March 30, 1940 (1940-03-30)
Running time	72 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Son of the Navy is a 1940 American comedy-drama film directed by William Nigh.

The film is also known as The Young Recruit in the USA.

Plot summary

Racing to his battleship the USS Florida, Chief Gunners Mate Mike Malone attempts to hitchhike to the Naval Base San Diego and runs into Tommy and his Cairn terrier Terry who are runaways from an orphanage.

The scheming Tommy gets the two a lift to the base. At the base and frightened of being discovered he's a runaway, Tommy meets Steve Moore, the daughter of a Chief Petty Officer and gives her the impression that Mike is his father, especially after Steve saw Tommy see Mike off. Steve spreads the word that Mike is a runaway father abandoning his child getting him in trouble with his ship's captain and fellow chief petty officers.

Cast

Jean Parker as Steve Moore
James Dunn as Chief Gunners Mate Mike Malone
Martin Spellman as Tommy
Terry as Terry
Selmer Jackson as Capt. Parker
William Royle as Chief Moore
Sarah Padden as Mrs. Baker, Landlady
Craig Reynolds as Brad Wheeler
Dave O'Brien as Chief Machinist's Mate
Gene Morgan as Burns
Charles King as Duke Johnson

Soundtrack

Anchors Aweigh
by Charles A. Zimmermann

External links

Son of the Navy at the Internet Movie Database
Son of the Navy is available for free download at the Internet Archive

Films directed by William Nigh

Salomy Jane (1914)
Emmy of Stork's Nest (1915)
The Kiss of Hate (1916)
The Slave (1917)
Wife Number Two (1917)
Casey of the Coast Guard (1926)
The Fire Brigade (1926)
Mr. Wu (1927)
The Nest (1927)
The Law of the Range (1928)
Across to Singapore (1928)
Four Walls (1928)
Desert Nights (1929)
Thunder (1929)
Lord Byron of Broadway (1930)
Without Honor (1932)
Men Are Such Fools (1932)
Mystery Liner (1934)
House of Mystery (1934)
City Limits (1934)
Monte Carlo Nights (1934)
The Mysterious Mr. Wong (1935)
She Gets Her Man (1935)
His Night Out (1935)
The Old Homestead (1935)
Don't Get Personal (1936)
Crash Donovan (1936)
Bill Cracks Down (1937)
The Law Commands (1937)
Hoosier Schoolboy (1937)
Atlantic Flight (1937)
A Bride for Henry (1937)
Romance of the Limberlost (1938)
Mr. Wong, Detective (1938)
Gangster's Boy (1938)
The Mystery of Mr. Wong (1939)
The Streets of New York (1939)
Mr. Wong in Chinatown (1939)
Mutiny in the Big House (1939)
The Fatal Hour (1940)
Son of the Navy (1940)
Doomed to Die (1940)
The Ape (1940)
Zis Boom Bah (1941)
Mr. Wise Guy (1942)
Black Dragons (1942)
Lady from Chungking (1942)
Corregidor (1943)
The Ghost and the Guest (1943)
Trocadero (1944)
Divorce (1945)
Allotment Wives (1945)
The Gay Cavalier (1946)
Partners in Time (1946)
I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes (1948)

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