Submarine Alert

Release Date: 1943-06-28

Overview: Nazi spies use a stolen shortwave transmitter prototype to broadcast top secret shipping info to an offshore Japanese sub. To nab the spy ring, the Government has the West Coast's top radio engineers fired and shadowed to see if the Nazis recruit them to complete work on the prototype radio. Radio engineer Lew Deerhold, a resident alien without a job to pay for his adorable little ward Gina's life-saving operation, falls prey to the spy ring, and is swept up in a maelstrom of deceit and danger.

Rating: 4.3 / 10

Cast

Richard Arlen

as Lewis J. 'Lee' Deerhold

Wendy Barrie

as Ann Patterson

Nils Asther

as Dr. Arthur Huneker

Roger Pryor

as G.B. Fleming

Abner Biberman

as Commander Toyo

Crew

Frank McDonald - Director
Maxwell Shane - Screenplay
Freddie Rich - Music
Fred Jackman Jr. - Director of Photography

Reviews

CinemaSerf:

The title of this is a little misleading - it hasn't really got anything much to do with submarines. It's more an espionage thriller that sees some Nazi spies pinch a prototype shortwave radio transmi...