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Destroyer

1943, Movie, NR, 99 mins

Destroyer: Review

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Robinson is a welder working on a new destroyer, the John Paul Jones, a warship replacing an old vessel on which he had served during WW I. His good-natured ways vanish as he makes a pest of himself, nagging other workers to check every rivet of the ship, which he insists must be perfect. When the destroyer is launched Robinson re-enlists and is taken aboard the ship he helped to build by Toomey, the skipper who had once served under Robinson and who credits the old salt with encouraging him to graduate from Annapolis. Ford, a tough, savvy boatswain's mate, must take a step down when Robinson comes aboard, yielding to the older man's seniority. What complicates their relationship even further is that Ford is attracted to Robinson's dark-eyed daughter, Chapman. Naturally, the two clash and their feud continues on board ship where Robinson drives the men so hard that dissension undermines the operations of the ship. Toomey is pressured to get rid of Robinson, but he sticks by his old friend, lecturing him to "go easy with these kids." Instead, Robinson tries to instill pride in the crew by relating the history of the Jones and the great captain after which the ship was named, vividly recounting the last battle of the Bon Homme Richard. Once in battle Robinson shows his true mettle and becomes a hero, earning the respect of the crew and particularly Ford, who comes to admire him and winds up with daughter Chapman. DESTROYER is an old-fashioned film, with a thin plot that could have come out of the 1930s, but its worth is Robinson's bravura portrayal of a pugnacious sailor who won't take no for an answer. He snarls, barks, and threatens as he did a decade earlier in gangster epics, but this time it's for the worthy cause of freedom. Among the youngsters like Ford who ridicule his preposterous behavior Robinson appears out of place and out of step, but that is exactly his role and he plays it to the hilt. leave a comment
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