Son of the Navy
A sailor hitchhiking to his base at San Pedro and an orphan boy who has taken along his dog in a search for a mother and father meet up on the road. The sailor decides it would be easier to get a ride if they pretended to be father and son; the boy has other ideas.
Son of the Navy, also known as The Young Recruit in the United States, is a 1940 American comedy-drama film directed by William Nigh and starring Jean Parker, James Dunn, and Martin Spellman.
Plot
Racing to his battleship the USS Florida, Chief Gunners Mate Mike Malone attempts to hitchhike to the Naval Base San Diego and runs into Tommy and his Cairn terrier Terry who are runaways from an orphanage.
The scheming Tommy gets the two a lift to the base. At the base and frightened of being discovered he’s a runaway, Tommy meets Steve Moore, the daughter of a Chief Petty Officer and gives her the impression that Mike is his father, especially after Steve saw Tommy see Mike off. Steve spreads the word that Mike is a runaway father abandoning his child getting him in trouble with his ship’s captain and fellow chief petty officers.
Cast
Jean Parker as Steve Moore
James Dunn as Chief Gunners Mate Mike Malone
Martin Spellman as Tommy
Terry as Terry
Selmer Jackson as Capt. Parker
William Royle as Chief Moore
Sarah Padden as Mrs. Baker, Landlady
Craig Reynolds as Brad Wheeler
Dave O’Brien as Chief Machinist’s Mate
Gene Morgan as Burns
Charles King as Duke Johnson
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