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Mood:
- ExcitingRoughSuspensefulCaptivating
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Plot:
- Daring RescueLeadershipSurvivalAnti WarMilitary LifeBattlesCampaignDanger more...
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Genres:
- DramaWarActionAdventure
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Time/Period:
- 40sWorld War 2
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Place:
- IslandShipOcean or Sea
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Audience:
- Boys' Night
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Based on:
- Based on BookBiographyBased on True Story
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Attitudes:
- SeriousRealistic
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PT 109, 1963
English
USA
Profile of PT 109
PT 109 can be described as exciting, captivating, and rough. The plot revolves around campaign, leadership, and anti-war themes. The main genres are drama, war, and action. In approach, PT 109 is serious and realistic. It is set, at least in part, on a ship and on an island. It is drawn from a biography, originally a true story, and based on a book. PT 109 is well suited for a boys' night.
Summary of PT 109
Before he becomes commander-in-chief, John F. Kennedy (Cliff Robertson) is a lieutenant, junior grade, in command of a PT-109 boat during World War II. In Leslie H. Martinson's dramatization of the future president's war efforts, Kennedy uses his family name to put himself in the action instead of shirking his duties. Assigned to battle in the Solomon Islands, he leads his crew on treacherous rescue missions. When their ship is cut down, Kennedy and his men must swim to an island for survival.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 19 June 1963 |
| Runtime: | 140 min |
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