Submarine Patrol
1938 Theatrical Poster
Directed by	John Ford
Written by	William Faulkner Jack Yellen
Produced by	Darryl F. Zanuck
Starring	Richard Greene Nancy Kelly Preston Foster George Bancroft
Cinematography	Arthur C. Miller
Edited by	Robert L. Simpson
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	November 25, 1938 (1938-11-25)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	over $1 million[1]

Submarine Patrol is a 1938 film directed by John Ford. The screenplay was by Rian James, Darrell Ware, and Jack Yellen. The film starred Richard Greene, Nancy Kelly and Preston Foster. The supporting cast features George Bancroft, Elisha Cook, Jr., John Carradine, Maxie Rosenbloom, Jack Pennick, Ward Bond^[2] and an unbilled Lon Chaney Jr. as a Marine sentry. The movie was partly written by William Faulkner.^[3]

The film was based on the book The Splinter Fleet of the Otranto Barrage by Ray Millholland.^[4]

Plot

Cast

• Richard Greene as Perry Townsend III
• Nancy Kelly as Susan Leeds
• Preston Foster as John C. Drake
• George Bancroft as Captain Leeds
• Slim Summerville as Spuds Fickett
• J. Farrell MacDonald as Sails Quincannon
• Warren Hymer as Rocky Haggerty
• Douglas Fowley as Pinky Brett
• Dick Hogan as Johnny Miller
• Elisha Cook Jr. as Rutherford Davis Pratt ("The Professor")
• Ward Bond as Seaman Olaf Swanson
• George E. Stone as Irving Goldfarb
• Jack Pennick as Guns McPeek
• "Slapsie Maxie" Rosenbloom as Marine sentry Sgt. Joe Duffy
• John Carradine as McAllison
• Henry Armetta as Luigi
• Joan Valerie as Anne
• Robert Lowery as Sparks, radioman
• Lon Chaney Jr. as Marine sentry (unbilled)