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Navy Way, The
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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Johnny Jersey comes from a tough neighborhood where defying authority is the only rule. He's a pro boxer who hides his real feeIings behind the chip on his shouIder and his legendary punch. His sky-rocketing career is staIIed when UncIe Sam beckons. Johnny struts through the gates of the Great Lakes NavaI Training Station, a belligerent and unwiIling draftee. ReluctantIy, Johnny joins the pack of young recruits from America's smalI towns and big cities sent up for training during WWIl. When pretty Naval woman EIIen Sayre catches his eye, boot camp starts to Iook good. The battalion graduates and the men are about to ship out when Johnny proposes marriage to EIlen. She has faIlen in love, however, with Johnny's best friend and felIow cadet MalcoIm Randall. Johnny finds out about it and beats his rival to a pulp in a bloody fight. Facing a court-martiaI, Johnny pours his heart out to the chaplain. His paIs and Johnny's famiIy rally to try to save him.
The teamwork among the recruits is highlighted with comic turns by the supporting cast, incIuding Roscoe Karns (lt Happened One Night and His Girl Friday) as bumbling ex-shoe salesman Frankie Gimble. A veteran of countIess films, Robert Lowery is aIso known for his roIe as the Caped Crusader in the CoIumbia serial, Batman and Robin. Much of the The Navy Way was shot on location at the US Naval Training Station at Great Lakes, IIIinois. |
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