---
title: 'Stand By for Action (1942)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Robert Z. Leonard'
released: '1942-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 109
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/stand-by-for-action-1942'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036386/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Stand By for Action (1942)

1942 · 109 min · Drama, War · United States


## Synopsis

Stand By for Action is a 1942 American black-and-white U.S. Navy war film from MGM, directed by Robert Z. Leonard, and starring Robert Taylor, Brian Donlevy, Charles Laughton, Walter Brennan. Marilyn Maxwell made her film debut in this feature. Suggested by a story by Laurence Kirk, and with an original story by Captain Harvey Haislip and R. C. Sherriff, the film's screenplay was written by George Bruce, John L. Balderston, and Herman J. Mankiewicz.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Robert Z. Leonard](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-z-leonard)
- **Screenplay:** [John L. Balderston](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-l-balderston), [Herman J. Mankiewicz](https://cinepixo.com/people/herman-j-mankiewicz)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Lennie Hayton](https://cinepixo.com/people/lennie-hayton)
- **Producer:** [Orville O. Dull](https://cinepixo.com/people/orville-o-dull)
- **Director of Photography:** [Charles Rosher](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-rosher)
- **Editor:** [George Boemler](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-boemler)

## Cast

- [Hobart Cavanaugh](https://cinepixo.com/people/hobart-cavanaugh)
- [Henry O'Neill](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-o-neill)
- [Douglass Dumbrille](https://cinepixo.com/people/douglass-dumbrille)
- [Robert Taylor](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-taylor)
- [William Tannen](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-tannen)
- [Charles Laughton](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-laughton)
- [Walter Brennan](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-brennan)
- [Douglas Fowley](https://cinepixo.com/people/douglas-fowley)
- [Douglas Wood](https://cinepixo.com/people/douglas-wood-2)
- [Richard Quine](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-quine)
- [Chill Wills](https://cinepixo.com/people/chill-wills)
- [Brian Donlevy](https://cinepixo.com/people/brian-donlevy)
- [Marilyn Maxwell](https://cinepixo.com/people/marilyn-maxwell)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/stand-by-for-action-1942
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