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- Clips of actor Cliff Robertson as Lt. John F. Kennedy in the 1963 film "PT-109." Before Rob Lowe, before Greg Kinnear or Martin Sheen, there was Cliff Robertson, the first actor to portray John F. Kennedy in a feature-length film or mini-series. President Kennedy personally selected Robertson to portray him in this film, although Jackie Kennedy reportedly preferred Warren Beatty. The film premiered on June 19, 1963, just five months before JFK's assassination. For more information on "PT-109" check out this write-up by Turner Classic Movies:
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Kennedy had personally expressed his thanks to Cliff Robertson for both the respect given to his PT crew, as well as ,not trying to affect his Massachusetts accent.
one of the FIRST movies I ever saw at a Movie theater as a kid...I was 7 yrs old.
I was 11 and distinctly remember all of the kids cheering wildly the first time his character showed up on screen. He was the last president who by virtue of holding the office had the respect of most of the people. Johnson strangled the honor out of the presidency with Vietnam (we don’t know what Kennedy might have done or not done in a second term). Nixon drove the nail into the coffin with Watergate. Hey, at least the demise of the trust in government was bipartisan! 😊
With great power, comes great responsibility
Cliff Robertson actually watched the personal viewing of it with JFK
Cluster is played by Grant Williams who was in the awesome scifi film The Incredible Shrinking Man sadly died at 53 from alcoholism
May 22, 2019---For those interested, read somewhere a few years ago that what was left of Kennedy's boat was actually found. A torpedo tube was raised and I think, was refurbished and put on display some where. Thanks for the video clip.
IIRC, Clive Cussler's NUMA played a role in the search.
Plywood wouldnt have stayed together this many years, so no surprise that only metal is left
@teenagerinsac The PT'swerent made of plywood. They were made of mahogany with a waterproofed airplane canvas sandwiched between two layers of mahogany. The boats were pretty tough. If you look at Robert Ballard's photos of the wreck, you can make out the charthouse and both .50-caliber gun tubs. The forward one, though, was shoved back near the after turret from the collision with the IJN Amigiri. The coral has pretty much taken over much of the wreck.
Cliff Robertson, portrayed John F . KENNEDY...he even looked like him. R.I .P. Mr. PRESIDENT.
I saw the movie in 1963 & I actually saw John F. & Jackie on 10/12/62 in person
& I don't think that Robertson looked anything like him!
@@rongendron8705 Where did you get to see John & Jackie, as you didn't say! That was 4 days before the scary 13-days (Oct. 16-28, '62) that almost started a nuclear war! Did you get close enough to get his attention in saying 'Hi' or were the Secret Service protecting around them?
Heartfelt thanks for uploading this movie
That PT73 was a fine boat too...
Adam Brady The real PT 73 was a Higgins built PT, the one from McCale's Navy boat depicted was a British Vosper. The actual'73 (Higgin's) was destroyed by her own crew to prevent capture after they ran aground on the treacherous reefs common to the Soloman Islands.
Unfortunately it didn’t have any engines or props.
And McHale didn't get his boat cut in two.
Nobody played a stick up the ass character better than James Gregory. Cliff Robertson did the real JFK justice as well.
Gregory was hysterically funny in Barney Miller.
@@TheBatugan77 haha! True!!
Later, in the same movie, James Gregory shoots down a Japanese fighter plane. One of the crew slaps him on the back and shakes his hand! Oops! That is a breach of protocol. James Gregory smiles. Nonsense! Nonsense!! Well done everyone. Congratulations all around!
@@paulleckner8235 what a great film!!!
The James Gregory character in "PT 109" ("Commander Ritchie") was fictional. No such person really existed.
I think this is the only time I've seen a portrayal of JFK WITHOUT that ahhh Bawwstuhn ahhh awk-cent.
It's Uncle Ben!
One of my all time favourite movies.
Saw this on my Birthday
Mom took me and 10 other Screaming Boys
Cliff Robertson looked and sounded absolutely nothing like Kennedy, but it was a very good movie.
When the 109 got sunk - Kennedy was eligible for Survivors Leave - but didn't take it. He stayed and they gave hm the 52 Boat.
They took all the torpedoes off and put machine guns along the side to use in Barge Hunting.
Allied Aircraft made it impossible for the Japanese to get transports to islands in the Solomon's - so they used destroyer that could get in and out before the sun and airplanes came up.
The also used barges - which were slow - but they'd go from island to island, pull into the shore and try to camouflage themselves during the day - then make some more progress during the night.
PT Boats began looking for those barges and that is what Kennedy did in the 52 Boat.
The scene in this movie - where they help rescue the Marines - really happened with the 52 Boat - but the name of the movie was _PT-109_ - so they had it happen in the 109 Boat.
Like many, many other people in the Solomon's Campaign Kennedy contracted a number of Tropical Diseases. He became so sick and lost so much weight the Navy just sent him home. He was in the Hospital for several months before he was well enough to leave - but he was still to messed up to send back out there - so they released him. That was a common thing to do during WWII with Casualties that had somewhat recovered but were not in good enough health to make it worth while to send the back out there.
Before they sent people into the shit - they wanted them to be well in the first place. It wasn't worth the trouble to send someone out there who was to used up already and might just have to be pulled right back again.
Here - this was a difference between the winning sides and those that were losing. The Losing sides had to keep sending their people out there no matter what shape they were in. The Germans actually had units that were based on people all having the same injuries or illnesses. They had Stomach Battalions and Leg Battalions. That way the medical people for that unit were all familiar with what was wrong with these people.
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The man who accompanied Jackie to Paris.
He recalled his famous line in his last day on Earth, in his Fort Worth, Texas morning breakfast. "I'm getting that same sensation as I travel around Texas." --Pres. John F. Kennedy (morning of Fri. Nov. 22, 1963).
This is the second reply to this comment I ever got true maybe people shouldn't mess with history that's a good episode to be compelling.
Commander Ritchie does a masterful thing here. He lets the boat's captain tell the men how well they've done. The men need to form a unit with the Captain (Kennedy) as the leader. The men see Kennedy as being on their side. Ritchie is not going to be out there when push comes to shove, their Captain is. Ritchie is not a martinet, he is a very good naval officer that knows exactly what he is doing and how to do it well.
A necessary and welcome insight. Thank you.
@Dirk Digler (love your name) But PT 109 just aired last night! I wish I could have told you sooner. I recorded from TCM. It came on Nov. 22nd. It is my first time watching this and I enjoyed and tried to find a film about this story for years and did not know that this movie existed until last week. It was historically accurate. I will try to upload this, it is difficult, but I will ask for help to upload from my DVR to the YT. It is a Warner Brother picture and I am not sure if I will be successful to upload it for you. I'll check for showtimes again to see if it will run again later tonight.
Not entirely accurate. The 109 was actually sliced in two diagonally, from just ahead the starboard/forward torpedo tube, crashing into the forward .50-cal. mount-killing Seaman Andrew Jackson Kirksey, slashed through the boats' fuel tanks and splitting the engine room, cutting off the starboard engine and sending "Pappy" McMahon into the sea, where he surfaced in a sea of flaming gasoline. The boat wasn't cut in two as depicted in the movie. This is based on Kennedy's own testimony and illustration he drew at the time.
@@ronaldrobertson2332 Yeah - it was a movie so they simplified some things.
The destroyers bow didn't just come out of the night and slice into them - they saw it coming and tried to respond but only had a few seconds before it plowed into them.
The bit about rescuing the Marines was done on the 59 Boat he took command of after the 109 was sunk. For a movie though - this is pretty much what happened.
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Not shown here, but I liked the Chief. I wasn't aware that CPO's once wore dungarees.
There was a reboot of "The Twilight Zone" in the 1980s. One episode involved a history professor from the future, an ancestor of Kennedy, going back in time to study the 1963 assassination in Dallas. He winds up getting involved in the event, triggering your basic "don't mess with history" scenario. It was a very clever and compelling episode.
@@scotttild I agree completely about the "Grateful Dead" reboot of the series. It sometimes worked spectacularly well. Other times, it tried my patience and made me ambivalent about watching the next episode. I own the original series on Blu-ray. For every weak or disappointing episode, there were ten good ones - as well as performances by people who'd become famous in later years. Oh, and Bernard Herrmann and Jerry Goldsmith. The reboot was peopled by already known actors or flavor-of-the-week talent. The music? You've got me there. Sure, there was a pre-fame Bruce Willis in a Harlan Ellison (R.I.P.) story but, Wow!, genuinely memorable episodes stuck out as aberrations.
Have a great and interesting week, wherever you're having it. 🐧😁🐧
I saw that one. Excellent!
"Profile in Silver" (aired: Mar. 7, 1986; starring Lane Smith; and Andrew Robinson, then 44, only 2 years younger as Kennedy) the title, a little pun on his famous book that won a Pulitzer Prize in 1957, "Profiles in Courage." Story from the 1985 revival of the original "The Twilight Zone" (1959-64). Written by: J. Neil Schulman.
Dr. Joseph Fitzgerald, a future relative of John Fitzgerald Kennedy), goes back in time from 2172 to try to save his famous ancestor. An inspired bit of sci-fi, from real-life, although the fatal shots were not from the 6th floor Book Depository, but hidden behind the fence and on the south side buildings behind Houston Street.
Interestingly, Andrew Robinson had the name Andy Robinson when he was the psychotic "Scorpio Killer" in the classic first "Dirty Harry" (1971) series, receiving rave reviews for his performance. He was so convincing as a serial killer, the actor got death threats from people who couldn't separate the film character from the actor!
I Think Jeffery Hunter would had Been a Better JFK, But Still a Good Movie.
People who see the episode, "Profile in Silver," remember it because, well, if you're going use the death of someone like JFK in a work of fiction, you'd better know what you're doing. The idea of a history teacher messing with history is interesting. It's not like he doesn't know any better. How he corrects things is fairly touching, especially since JFK himself is made aware of the situation. It's an incredibly daring bit of writing. It's worth looking for.
Oh so thats what this person I replied to said thanks thanks for telling me Paul.
The "it's the middle of the night" statement makes perfect sense when you look at a PT squadron's mission profile. They are sitting ducks for surface ships and aircraft during daytime so patrolled and attacked under the cover of night.
Nice clip, and damn Fine example of JFKs, personal representation of his reputation with his Crew!!.
Too bad it was a crock of publicity crap from Joe To get his son elected. Do your research!
I've always wondered if the scene of the commander hitching a ride on 109 taking a crack at the Japanese plane and shooting it down was added or it really happened.
JFK wanted Warren Beatty to play him.
The guy who played the obnoxious officer, James Gregory, was good at comedy also. He played a character named Captain Luger on the show "Barney Miller" he was pretty damned funny.
Was there really a Lt Cmdr C R Richie (James Gregory's character) or was it an amalgamation of different officers?
The "Commander Ritchie" character was fictional. No such person existed. He may have been an amalgamation of several officers, or meant to be a fictional representation of Cmdr. Thomas Warfield, the unpopular commander of the PT fleet at Rendova.
The one o. nine will be fine.
Somebody, for the love of God, PLEASE try to post this whole movie. Can't find it anywhere and Turner Classic has the only copy.
You and me both! The characters grew and changed as they faced battle.
Who was the technical adviser on this movie? You don’t refer to JGs as lieutenant.
A rich kid volunteering for combat duty.
He didn't even attempt a Kennedy accent. Maybe it was better, it can sometimes sound like Mayor Quimby if they get the subtleties wrong
The Simpsons.
I like the Kennedy twilight zone better!
Inspector Frank Luger
"Harassment is a SKILL, Barney!"
What do you mean by Kennedy twilight zone.
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When America had patriots for Presidents!
This is not accurate. Years ago I met a WW2 veteran in Springfield Oregon. Abraham Simpson was his name. He served with JFK on PT109
and he discovered his terrible secret..
So thats an episode of the TV show the Twiilight Zone yeah thats true you better know what your doing when, your using his death as a work of fiction, it was really called a revival of the TV show that began in the 50s funny the show ended after JFKs assassination, in 1964 then it got revived I even plan on seeing a film about his assassination, that airs on TV November 10th sometimes John Kennedy feels like a better president than what we have now.
This was not the twilight zone-this is the movie"PT109" filmed and released about a year or so before JFK's assassination. Don't tell me you never saw it? One of my favorite movies about PT boats.
One of my favorite scenes was the one where James Gregory shot down Japanese fighter with the .50 calibre gun. He let his guard down when he didn't report the sailor for slapping him on the back when they cheered
Actually... It was the aft mounted 20mm...
@@ronparsons3496 A .20mm Orlikan, to be exact. The .50's were mounted in the two turrets forward and aft, port and starboard.
@@ronaldrobertson2332 Thank you for correcting me.
I've always wondered if the scene was added or it really happened.
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I dont know if itsa good movie but the scenery in 1962 Florida😊❤
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A Rich Boy and his brother who did not have bone spurs.
...so you're a big fan of the undeclared "Vietnam War?"
Perhaps you can enlighten me as to what that deal was actually all about. Nobody else seems to know.
Annnd have YOU served or are you like the 99% of Americans?
You're sitting at home hating John Kennedy, and he doesn't know; he's out dancing having a good time.
@@tomelmore8431 Nixon, your girlfriend. Talk Nam, talk of Ike pushing LBJ into this war. Nixon, like trump, liked killing ppl. 30,000+ USA deaths on Nixon
@@edmonddantes3640 I F'n did. Trump sucks
Looks like TH-cam and some studio had to mark their territory again by spraying their urine all over the movie. I guess they hadn't made enough millions yet.
Perché non pubblicare il film intero anche a pagamento invece di spezzoni è in lingua italiana
L'Italiano e molto difficile.
I remember this movie coming out one week before JFK was murdered in Dallas, TX. Isn’t Dallas supposed to be America’s team? Yeah, sure.
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I hold JFK in high regard but I think I read movie is a bit over the top. everyone was made out to be a big hero.
Those men who served were all heros to me.
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where was Jackie Kennedy?
Hadn't met.
Blowing Bobby back in the states.
Women in the military have a very different role because the men are expendable. If women die, our species is a step closer to becoming extinct.
Home in about the 5th grade as she was about 13 then.;
@@michellemabelleobamalamash7653 Obama please his wife. You're still w your momma
Maybe Robertson could have been a but skinnier and th accent a little more pronounced.
Sorry, Cliff Robertson was miscast as JFK.
china japon. john f kennedy militeray ¿trump militeray?
Trump went to military School - but - he was not in the actual military.
Biden was drafted - but he had asthma - so they told him to go home.
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So this movie was made while JFK was still alive?
Yes.......It was. When the hell were you born? It was released in theaters almost 6 months to the day BEFORE
he was assassinated. It was made at the behest of his father in order to further the momentum of Kennedys reelection campaign and political career. Just another Joe Kennedy manipulation of the media in order to enhance the myths surrounding the family and their reputations.
Remember we now know that the book series "Profiles In Courage" that Kennedy had been credited with writing HAD NOT BEEN WRITTEN BY Kennedy. His father had hired a ghost writer to make it look like Kennedy was intelligent and a man of letters, which he was not. The ghost writer eventually was rewarded with a position in the White House when Kennedy was elected. He became a senior advisor and speech writer. This is considered common knowledge by those of us who are highly educated and knowledgeable in the events of History and Politics. I strongly encourage you to go to the library and look up the more recent revelations of that era. If nothing else watch some of the older shows on the History Channel about the Kennedy family and the dirt, lies, and myths surrounding these dirt bags.
Yep
5 mos bé Nov Dallas trip. Shown in W.H.
Made no effort to sound like Kennedy.
Wasn’t JFK’s voice higher/squeakier?
I saw an interview with Cliff Robertson once where he said he could never due an JFK impersonation so JFK told him to just play it straight.
Having lived through the era of the Kennedy administration, the answer to your question is NO!!! Look up the videos of Kennedys speeches.
This needs a deepfake with JFK’s face and accent added 😃
Cliff Robertson portrayed a better John F. KENNEDY than I suspect the original was. Can you see the character as played by Cliff carousing around Hollywood committing various indiscretions and getting us into the whole Bay of Pigs event... I cannot. Kenndy did have many positive attributes, but they are clouded over by his betrayal of his wife in a public setting.
CIA, not JFK. Rook Prez succumbed to illegal, immoral invasion. He did right in not providing Naval support. Or he shd hv shut it ⬇️. Viva le Cuba 🤣
I like to state it this way: Kennedy & Clinton were very good presidents who were lousy husbands!
He didn't even make an attempt at doing JFK's accent and speech pattern, his mowst defoining characteristics, and he should do bettah, nowaht becaaz it is easy, but because it is hahd.
@Dan Witzke. For future reference... don't use slang when you write comments because what you posted up there is almost unreadable.
Thank you, Thank you very much. 😎
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I have seen better JFKs. He doesn't get the Boston accent, is a bit too old....
the portrayal is ok, but i've seen better
He was 38ish when he did 109,
One would think that the full movie would be on TH-cam permanently, as a matter of policy. But I guess not. We might start comparing JFK to Obama, Bush Jr. and other puppets.
Can you imagine the liberals nominating a war hero today. But daddy bought Union voted for Jack to get the nomination.
JFK was a terrible commander. The night they got rammed bt a Japanese ship was because everyone was asleep
And you suck as a troll...
@@ffjsb And you are great at spotting them ;
What a panderer Robertson was. Robertson made this movie seem like a bad case of propaganda drivel. The real JFK was too smart, too witty, too quick on his feet, and too much fun to get caught playing a kiss *ss. Never liked this movie when I was a kid. Like it even less now that I am older and know better.
Well, you're sitting at home, hating Cliff Robertson, and he doesn't know; he's out dancing, having a good time.
@@MrJuvefrank Ummm. Cliff Robertson is dead. Man, are you late to the party. I don't hate Cliff Robertson. I just hate you. Bye, Bye.
@@jefflovejoy2997 That's too bad; your mom loves me.
Kennedy was a jerk..long live Trump....Trump 2020..amen