Minesweeper

1943 low-budget World War II film directed by William A. Berke and starring Richard Arlen, Russell Hayden, Guin “Big-Boy” Williams, (hate to know what the “big-boy” refers to) and Jean Parker in the girl part. The film was distributed by Paramount Pictures.

LT. Richard Houston (Richard Arlen) is an officer in the U.S. Navy who deserted during service to escape gambling debts, and took up life as a filthy hobo. But when the evil Japs attack Pearl Harbor he re-ups under the phony name Jim "Tennessee" Smith. Houston is assigned to serve aboard a minesweeper, where he carries out numerous successful efforts to defuse mines in the San Diego harbor while struggling to keep his identity secret. But then a girl shows up and everything goes to hell.