Destination Tokyo

1943, War, 2h 15m

5 Reviews 2,500+ Ratings

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Captain Cassidy (Cary Grant) is in charge of a submarine on a mission so secret even he doesn't know what it is until his ship departs San Francisco and he opens his sealed orders. His task -- to pick up a meteorologist (John Ridgely) and travel to the coast of Japan to gather weather information for the Doolittle Raid, the first air strike on Tokyo. Along the way they fight to elude detection from Japanese ships and eventually face off against an enemy aircraft carrier.
  • Genre:
    War
  • Original Language:
    English
  • Director:
    Delmer Daves
  • Producer:
    Jerry Wald
  • Writer:
    Delmer Daves, Albert Maltz
  • Release Date (Theaters):
     original
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  • Distributor:
    Warner Bros. Pictures

Cast & Crew

Cary Grant
Capt. Cassidy
John Garfield
Wolf
Alan Hale
'Cookie' Wainwright
John Ridgely
Reserve Officer Raymond
Dane Clark
Tin Can
Warner Anderson
Andy
William Prince
Pills
Robert Hutton
Tommy Adams
Tom Tully
Mike Conners
Faye Emerson
Mrs. Cassidy
Peter Whitney
Dakota
Warren Douglas
Larry
John Forsythe
Sparks
John Alvin
Sound Man
Delmer Daves
Director
Delmer Daves
Screenwriter
Albert Maltz
Screenwriter
Jerry Wald
Producer
Jack L. Warner
Executive Producer
Franz Waxman
Original Music
Bert Glennon
Cinematographer
Christian Nyby
Film Editing
Vladimir Barjansky
Film Editing
Leo K. Kuter
Art Director
Walter F. Tilford
Set Decoration
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Critic Reviews for Destination Tokyo

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Audience Reviews for Destination Tokyo

  • Feb 13, 2012
    Even with Mr. Grant - campy and dull.
    Jennifer D Super Reviewer
  • Sep 05, 2010
    I'm not crazy about this movie, but I am crazy about Grant. He gives a good performance, and the movie has some intense scenes, but overall it was kind of boring.
    Aj V Super Reviewer
  • Feb 17, 2010
    A tension-filled trip on a U.S. submarine heading to bomb Japan in WWII. Cary Grant does a great job as the boat captain, leading John Garfield, Dane Clark and Alan Hale into the Sea of Japan, through nests of undersea mines and enemy ships. I found myself holding my breath during some of the more tense action. Is that's not enough to recommend it, I don't know what else it would take.
    Cindy I Super Reviewer
  • Jun 23, 2009
    This film starts up a little ho-hum, and the characters follow a goofball formula.Once they get their orders and have to go to Tokyo Bay for recon work the film really picks up.Cary Grant is great as usual as the sub captain and the rest of the crew find their barrings and become good characters after awhile. Some of the underwater footage looks good,but it's models in a small pool and at times looks too fake. I liked the story,but a few too many flashbacks.This movie was made during the war so it is patriotic and racist towards the Japanese,but all films made during this period were. Defiantly worth a watch,especially if your a Cary Grant fan.
    cody f Super Reviewer
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