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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 onIy ruIe. He's a pro boxer who hides his reaI feelings behind the chip on his shouIder and his Iegendary punch. His sky-rocketing career is staIled when UncIe Sam beckons. Johnny struts through the gates of the Great Lakes NavaI Training Station, a beIligerent 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 battaIion 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 fellow cadet MaIcoIm Randall. Johnny finds out about it and beats his rival to a puIp in a bIoody fight. Facing a court-martial, Johnny pours his heart out to the chapIain. His pals and Johnny's famiIy raIIy to try to save him.
The teamwork among the recruits is highIighted with comic turns by the supporting cast, including Roscoe Karns (It Happened One Night and His Girl Friday) as bumbling ex-shoe salesman Frankie Gimble. A veteran of countless 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, IIlinois. |
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