Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #19031 in VHS
• Released on: 1997-06-17
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Formats: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of tapes: 1
• Running time: 141 minutes

Amazon.com
John F. Kennedy lived long enough to see this Hollywood account of his Navy career and his heroism following a ruthless attack by a Japanese ship on his small patrol craft. Cliff Robertson is an amiable choice to play Kennedy, though one won't find a lot of the late president's mannerisms in his performance. The key battle sequence, which finds Kennedy and his crew bloodied and battered while trying to stay alive in shark-infested waters, makes a big impression on young viewers. --Tom Keogh

Customer Reviews

good movie for younger viewers
The movie as a whole was entertaining for it's time but not very accurate about real events that actually took place. To the reviewer from Baltimore: To understand how a craft such as this got rammed you need to understand how these boats patroled ,which by the way was always done at night and usually idiling on one engine (out of three) which at times never responded very well on quick response. Take it from a Navy veteran ,its very dark at sea at night. I for one review it as a very non-violent & entertaining film for younger and older viewers alike

Where's The DVD
Hey---those of you who are in charge: How come this here movie isn't on
DVD or blu-ray, yet? Surely would like to see it happen, soon.
thank you

PT 109
Yes it is a very good movie, I remember seeing it for the 1st time with my Dad at the theater in 1963. He was in the US Navy, and it is Hollywood, but it does show the story of how and what happened with former President Kennedy, while he was in the South Pacific during WWII.