PT 109

1963 • 140 minutes

About this movie

President John F. Kennedy kept a unique inauguration gift on his White House desk: a coconut encased in plastic. The tale of that coconut is the heroic story of PT 109. Cliff Robertson stars in this stirring saga of Kennedy's wartime exploits as skipper of a PT boat in the Solomon Islands. The assignment: harass the enemy and buy time for a U.S. Navy still on the drawing boards. In August 1943, PT 109 was sliced in half by a Japanese destroyer. Kennedy led his surviving crew through a sea aflame from gasoline, towing a badly burned sailor miles to the nearest island. There seemed little hope of rescue from the Japanese-dominated area...until a strategy involving a coconut emerged. The triumphant outcome was unbelievable -- and all true!

Ratings and reviews

Watched the actual movie on regular TV. Democrats take note of what a great leader they had, who was a real War hero! Tulsi Gibbard, running for president is NO JFK!

I loved it and now trying to recover the movie I had bought the movie in I think about 2014

One of the best by far a joy to watch ......