‘Action in the North Atlantic’: Ships That Kept a War Moving

The important work of the Merchant Marine is highlighted in this World War II film.

Joe Rossi (Humphrey Bogart) and fellow crew members stranded at sea, in “Action in the North Atlantic.” Warner Bros. Pictures

NR | 2h 6m | Drama, War | 1943

Most popular war films follow the front lines of combat, with rifles firing, dirt and grit (or mud), and men pressed into making decisions that arrive all too fast. Military logistics rarely gets the same treatment. The Merchant Marine lived in that gap, as shown in “Action in the North Atlantic” (1943).