The Negro Sailor

July. 14,1945      
Rating:
5.2
Trailer Synopsis Cast

US Navy produced short stars Joel Fluellen as a draftee from his civilian job at a black newspaper through boot camp and an assignment in the Pacific. Completed after the surrender of Japan, the film celebrates the teamwork, diversity, and the actions of several distinguished African American sailors.

Joel Fluellen as  Bill Johnson
Spencer Williams as  Frank Roberts - columnist
Leigh Whipper as  Editor

Reviews

Protraph
1945/07/14

Lack of good storyline.

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Dorathen
1945/07/15

Better Late Then Never

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Ogosmith
1945/07/16

Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

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Sameer Callahan
1945/07/17

It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

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