Minesweeper (1943)
A naval officer who had deserted several years earlier is drawn back to the Navy when World War II begins. He re-enlists under an assumed name, and is assigned to a minesweeper, where he has to perform hazardous duties while at the same time keeping his real identity a secret.
DANGER AFLOAT! ABOVE, BELOW AND ACROSS THE SEAS...WITH THE HEROIC MEN OF THE COAST GUARD!
CPO Ichabod Ferdinand 'Fixit' Smith: Hey Mom, how's about puttin' on the chow? I'm so hungry I could eat an anchor chain.
Santa Catalina Island, Channel Islands, California, USA
(underwater scenes)
Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
(Studio)
The failure of the original copyright holder to renew the film's copyright resulted in it falling into public domain, meaning that virtually anyone could duplicate and sell a VHS/DVD copy of the film. Therefore, many of the versions of this film available on the market are both severely (and usually badly) edited and/or of extremely poor quality, having been duped from second- or third-generation (or more) copies of the film.
Robert Mitchum uncredited role involves knot-tying training( at 19 minutes into the film). Sailors stand in a row tying knots on a horizontal rope stretched across. Mitchum is the tall sailor on the right. He also is the oarsman in one of two rowboats lowered over the side of the ship (at 25 minutes). He is shown in the close-up shot near the striped ball-shaped mine. His mate chops haphazardly at its tow rope until they both are blown up.