Submarine Raider poster

Movie · 1942

Submarine Raider

Released 4 June 1942 More from 1942 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

On December 6, 1941, Captain Yamanada of the Japanese aircraft carrier "Hiranamu", orders full steam ahead for Pearl Harbor. His ship encounters and sinks an American yacht and the single survivor, Sue Curry, is rescued by an American submarine, the "Sea Serpent", commanded by Commander Chris Warren. He hears her story and attempts to radio a warning to Pearl Harbor. Yamanada, hearing the signals, orders the airlines jammed, and then sends his son into the air to sink the sub. The attack fails, after the sub makes a crash dive, but they fail in their warning attempts. The next morning, December 7th, the men on the sub hear the story of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and devise a desperate plan to sink the Japanese carrier by letting the carrier know their position. The carrier comes in search of the submarine.

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How old were they?

Oldest first
Philip Ahn
as First Officer Kawakami
37
Bruce Bennett
as 1st Office Russell
36
Larry Parks
as Sparksie
27
Stanley Brown
as Levy
27
Forrest Tucker
as Pulaski
23
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The numbers

Computed from the cast above
14years between the oldest and youngest billed
37Philip Ahn — oldest on the call sheet
23Forrest Tucker — youngest billed
30average age of the credited cast
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