Rear Adm. John M. Hoskins (Sterling Hayden) fights to stay on after losing a leg on an aircraft carrier in World War II.Rear Adm. John M. Hoskins (Sterling Hayden) fights to stay on after losing a leg on an aircraft carrier in World War II.Rear Adm. John M. Hoskins (Sterling Hayden) fights to stay on after losing a leg on an aircraft carrier in World War II.
James Best
- Student
- (unconfirmed)
Chuck Courtney
- Seaman
- (unconfirmed)
Don Haggerty
- Commander
- (unconfirmed)
Harry Harvey Jr.
- Messenger
- (unconfirmed)
Clark Howat
- Thomas - Medical Officer
- (unconfirmed)
- Director
- Writers
- Allen Rivkin
- William Wister Haines
- Luther Davis(unconfirmed) (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaWas filmed on board the USS Kearsarge (CVA 33) while on a Show The Flag cruise around Asia.
- GoofsThe U.S. Navy requires that, unless you are on duty, you uncover upon entering a building and once uncovered you do not salute. Several times in this movie a salute was rendered by an uncovered sailor.
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The Eternal Sea
This is another film that is really let down by it's title. One that suggests more of a swashbuckler - or a romance, at any rate - than a biopic of American Admiral Hoskins (Sterling Hayden) who was a pioneer of the use of jet aircraft from aircraft carriers. As it is, it's an OK depiction of the struggles of the man against the elements, technology, human frailty and government to get his ideas implemented. Hayden is a charm-free actor here, his dedication to his task is laudable, but cheerless and any semblance of romance with wife Sue (a rather prim Alexis Smith) left me cold. It does have oodles of wonderful original aerial photography to augment it, though - and that helps. Sadly, though, this is all as flat as the deck on the "USS Princeton".
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- Nov 13, 2022
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- The Admiral Hoskins Story
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- Runtime1 hour 43 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1
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