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Destination Tokyo is a 1943 black and white American submarine war film. The film was directed by Delmer Daves in his directorial debut, and the screenplay was written by Daves and Albert Maltz, based on an original story by former submariner Steve Fisher. The film stars Cary Grant and John Garfield and features Dane Clark, Robert Hutton, and Warner Anderson, along with John Ridgely, Alan Hale Sr. and William Prince.
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Delmer Daves, the director best known for his classic westerns, made an early and significant contribution to the war film genre with his directorial debut, *Destination Tokyo*, in 1943. This submarine film is often considered the "great-grandaddy" of its kind. The plot begins in San Francisco, around Christmas 1941, when Captain Cassidy (played by Cary Grant) of the US Navy, commanding the submarine USS *Copperfin*…More
