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 In Harm's Way
John Wayne. He was promoted to Admiral later in the movie.
Intelligence Officer. He played a Reserve Officer that was a movie writer in his civilian job.
| What type of vessel was Captain Torrey's son assigned to? | In Harm's Way
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PT Boat. Jared died in an attack.
Henry Fonda. The second CINPAC was the famous Admiral Nimitz.
| The character played by Kirk Douglas lived through the movie and received some high awards for bravery? | In Harm's Way
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f. He was a shot down in a plane and did not receive any awards.
| What was the type of the ship John Wayne and Kirk Douglas were assigned to? | In Harm's Way
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Swayback. All US Navy Ships are USS. Navy ships are named after famous people, famous battles, and us cities, to name a few.
| What was the name of the big operation being planned and executed throughout the movie? | In Harm's Way
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Skyhook. Military operations always have cool names. For example Operation Rolling Thunder, Operation Market Garden, Operation Just Cause and recently Operation Iraqi Freedom.
| Slim Pickens was a Chief Petty Officer and was lost at sea for some time? | In Harm's Way
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t. CPO's are the backbone of the Navy. Slim Pickens was rescued, and ask any former Navy person, Chief Petty Officers can perform "miracles".
| Who was the Commanding Officer of the Marines in the movie? | In Harm's Way
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George Kennedy. Semper Fi - Always Faithful. There are many nicknames fro Marines but my favorite is Devil Dogs.
Yes. She was a Navy Nurse. Today that type of thing is called fraternization.
| The movie begins at a Navy Officer's Club dance on the evening of December 6, 1941. A beautiful, but highly intoxicated woman is dancing with an Air Corps pilot. What is her character's name? | "In Harm's Way "- Part 1
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Liz. Barbara Bouchet played the drunken and promiscuous Liz Eddington. Born during World War II in Reichenberg, Sudentenland, Germany, Bouchet recently appeared as Mrs. Schermerhorn in 2002's "Gangs of New York".
| Lieutenant Mac McConnell is dancing with his wife at the Officer's Club. She reminds him that he has duty at 6 a.m. What duty does Mac have the following morning? | "In Harm's Way "- Part 1
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Ship's Captain. Tom Tryon portrayed the young naval officer. He went on to become a bestselling novelist with the publication of "The Other" in 1972.
| Navy Captain Rockwell Torrey, played by John Wayne, is shaving when a Marine appears at the entry to his ship's cabin. What does Torrey order for breakfast? | "In Harm's Way "- Part 1
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Bacon and eggs. Torrey is a seasoned Naval Academy graduate who is second-generation Navy. At the time of his death, in 1979, Wayne held the record for actors in a leading role at 142. In 1971 he turned down the title role in "Dirty Harry", which went to Clint Eastwood.
| Captain Torrey finds his executive officer sleeping on a sofa, fully dressed with an empty liquor bottle nearby. Who plays Commander Paul Eddington? | "In Harm's Way "- Part 1
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Kirk Douglas. Paul's philandering wife Liz is the main reason for his heavy drinking. Douglas has starred in over 80 films, but turned down two movie parts that won Best Actor Academy Awards. He was offered William Holden's part in 1953's "Stalag 17" and Lee Marvin's role in 1965's "Cat Ballou".
| As he boards his destroyer, Lt. Mack McConnell is greeted by an improperly dressed crewman. What actor played the sloppy enlisted man? | "In Harm's Way "- Part 1
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Slim Pickens. Mack asked the enlisted crewman to "crawl back into a uniform". Pickens was born Louis Bert Lindley, Jr. in 1919, and was a real live cowboy before taking up acting. He is perhaps best remembered as Major "King" Kong, the U.S. Air Force pilot who waved his cowboy hat as he rode a nuclear bomb dropped on the U.S.S.R. in the classic 1964 film "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb".
| Liz Eddington and her pilot lover wake up on the beach as the first wave of Japanese planes attack Pearl Harbor. Who played the Air Corps officer? | "In Harm's Way "- Part 1
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Hugh O'Brien. Liz and the pilot perish in a car wreck as they speed back to town. Although he has appeared in dozens of film roles, O'Brien seem to be forever attached to his television series "The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp", which ran from 1955 to 1961.
| On the morning of December 7, 1941, a crew member aboard the destroyer U.S.S. Cassidy advised Lt. Mac McConnell that their radio was picking up what sounded like plane-to-plane chatter in Japanese. What actor played this crew member? | "In Harm's Way "- Part 1
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Larry Hagman. The young communications officer did not seem terribly concerned with the radio traffic. The same year that he played Navy Lt. Cline, Hagman was promoted to Captain and became Tony Nelson in a six year run on television's "I Dream of Jeannie". It was another 13 years before we met J.R. Ewing on "Dallas".
Kimmel. Tone, a suave leading man of the 1930s, portrayed the unfortunate Navy Admiral Husband Kimmel. Ten days after the Pearl Harbor attack, Kimmel was removed from command and replaced by Admiral Chester Nimitz. Later investigations into the attack found Kimmel guilty of errors of judgement and of not properly coordinating army-navy efforts to defend Hawaii. He took early retirement in May, 1942.
| Veteran actor Dana Andrews played Admiral Broderick, whose military abilities were questionable at best. What was his recommendation following the Japanese attack? | "In Harm's Way "- Part 1
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Prepare to repel an invasion. Broderick's suggestion was overruled by CinCPac and a Seek Out and Engage the enemy order was issued. The inept admiral continued to be a thorn in the side of both his superiors and subordinates. Dana Andrews was a Hollywood leading man during the 1940s and 1950s. He was president of the Screen Actors Guild from 1963 to 1965.
| Commander Burke, a member of Captain Torrey's crew, questioned his orders to break radio silence after their ship was hit by a torpedo. Torrey replied,"Burke, don't you think the Japanese know by now where we are?" What future television star played Commander Burke? | "In Harm's Way "- Part 1
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Carroll O'Connor. Commander Burke went on to command the same heavy cruiser on which he served under Torrey. O'Connor, who became the legendary Archie Bunker, was not producer Norman Lear's first choice for the starring role in television's "All in the Family". If Mickey Rooney had not refused the role, O'Connor may have faded into obscurity, instead of spending a dozen years on a top rated TV series.
| Captain Rockwell Torrey is relieved of his command for not 'zig-zagging' when his ship took a torpedo, and he sustained a broken arm. While getting x-rayed he meets a Navy nurse played by Patricia Neal. What is her character's name? | "In Harm's Way" - Part 2
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Maggie. Fourteen years earlier, Patricia Neal and John Wayne 'fought' World War II together, as naval officers in 1951's "Operation Pacific".
| Commander Egan Powell, played by veteran actor Burgess Meredith, shares quarters with Capt. Torrey. What is Powell's ex-wife? | "In Harm's Way" - Part 2
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An actress/singer. Powell resents paying alimony to someone making "half a million bucks" a year. Meredith's versatile acting career spanned roles from the Penguin on TV's "Batman" to "Rocky" and "Grumpy Old Men".
| Capt. Torrey is surprised when Maggie tells him that her roommate is dating his son, who is a Navy ensign. Torrey had divorced his wife and had not seen his son since he was a baby. What actor played Ensign Jeremiah Torrey? | "In Harm's Way" - Part 2
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Brandon De Wilde. De Wilde was nominated for an Academy Award for his portrayal of the young boy, Joey, in the classic western "Shane". Tragically, he was killed in an automobile accident when he was only thirty years old.
| What was the character's name of Nurse Maggie Haynes' roommate who was dating the young Ensign Jeremiah Torrey? | "In Harm's Way" - Part 2
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Annalee Dorne. British-born actress Jill Haworth played the role of the beautiful, young Navy nurse. When she was a young teenager, director Otto Preminger cast her in the role of Karen, to play opposite Sal Mineo in 1960's "Exodus".
| Admiral Broderick's public relations officer, Commander Neal Owynn, was played by Patrick O'Neal. What was his character's profession before the war? | "In Harm's Way" - Part 2
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Congressman. The popular television and movie character actor passed away in 1994. His last movie role was as Navy Captain Adams in Steven Seagal's 1992 film "Under Siege".
| Torrey had to advise Mack O'Connell's wife, Bev, played by Paula Prentiss, that her husband's ship had been sunk, and that he was missing in action. What job is she performing when she receives the bad news? | "In Harm's Way" - Part 2
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Lookout. Bev McConnell is spotting aircraft at a remote island outpost when she is visited by Torrey. Prentiss was one of the original "Stepford Wives", co-starring with Katharine Ross in the 1975 thriller. She married actor Richard Benjamin in 1961.
| Realizing the mistake of relieving Torrey of his command, the Navy promotes him to admiral and assigns him to a task force. What actor played the four-star admiral that advised Torrey of his new assignment? | "In Harm's Way" - Part 2
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Henry Fonda. Fonda, in the role of Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, explained the circumstances, "Well, we all know the Navy's never wrong. But in this case, it was a little weak on bein' right".
| What future Academy Award winner portrayed Colonel Gregory, the commander of a detachment of para-marines? | "In Harm's Way" - Part 2
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George Kennedy. Kennedy won the Oscar as Best Supporting Actor in 1967's "Cool Hand Luke". The incorrect answers were his co-stars in this film. Kennedy went on to play the bumbling police detective Ed Hocken in the "Naked Gun" comedy films.
| The late British actor Stanley Holloway played the part of Australian coast watcher Clayton Canfil. Perhaps his most memorable film role came the previous year in what musical? | "In Harm's Way" - Part 2
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My Fair Lady. Holloway portrayed Alfred P. Doolittle, Eliza's father, in the 1964 hit "My Fair Lady", singing the popular tune, "Get Me to the Church on Time."
| The son of a famous actor played a very small role as Lt. Griggs, a crewman who gave a damage control report to Capt. Torrey, then collapsed into his arms. Who is this actor? | "In Harm's Way" - Part 2
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James Mitchum. James is the oldest son of Hollywood legend Robert Mitchum. While bearing a striking resemblance to his famous father, James' movie career has mostly consisted of bit parts in forgetable films.
Killed in a car wreck. Liz and her Air Corps lover went over a cliff in a convertible, while racing back to town after the Japanese attack began.
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