December 7th (1943)

Movie Details

Original Title December 7th

Original Language EN

Status Released

Popularity 1.8

Cast

Walter Huston

Uncle Sam 'U.S.'

Popularity: 0.2

Harry Davenport

Mr. 'C'

Popularity: 0.1

Dana Andrews

Ghost of US sailor killed at Pearl Harbor

Popularity: 0.4

Paul Hurst

World War I Ghost Soldier

Popularity: 0.2

George O'Brien

Single Voice of the Dead Servicemen (voice)

Popularity: 0.2

James Kevin McGuinness

Narrator (voice)

Popularity: 0.1

Philip Ahn

Shinto Priest (uncredited)

Popularity: 0.3

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Addie Allen

Self (uncredited)

Popularity: 0.0

Ralph Byrd

Reporter (uncredited)

Popularity: 0.1

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James Conaty

Wounded Officer (uncredited)

Popularity: 0.1

Emperor Hirohito of Japan

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Popularity: 2.3

Adolf Hitler

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Popularity: 0.4

Key Crew

Director John Ford, Gregg Toland

Writer Budd Schulberg

Producer John Ford

Editor Robert Parrish

Production

Navy Department

U.S. War Department

Image Gallery

Backdrops

Keywords

pearl harbor

Reviews from TMDB

talisencrw 8/10

Jul 16, 2016

This was solid. Recently I have taken an interest in both the propaganda films and wartime documentaries of World War II from both sides. I especially wanted to see this, since I love Ford's 'They Were Expendable' so much. Definitely worth the effort to find if you have a similar inclination for the ... Read more

CinemaSerf 6/10

Aug 20, 2025

Though technically a docu-drama, this is really more of a conspiratorial retrospective on just how the Japanese managed to catch the US military on the hop, disastrously, on this fateful day. It’s narrated, of sorts, by way of a supposed conversation between a notional “Uncle Sam” (Walter Hust ... Read more