Minesweeper

1943

military; coast guard; navy; mine; minesweeper; wwii; propaganda; melodrama; richard arlen; poverty row; redemption; gambling; false identity; japanese; low budget; robert mitchum; desertion; awol; diving; pearl harbor; Public Domain

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William H. Pine, William C. Thomas

Minesweeper is a 1943 American black-and-white World War II film, produced by William H. Pine and William C. Thomas, directed by William A. Berke, that stars Richard Arlen, Jean Parker, and Russell Hayden. The film was distributed by Paramount Pictures. A former navy deserter returns to duty after the attack on Pearl Harbor under an assumed name as a sailor aboard a minesweeper.