PT 109 (film)

PT 109
Film poster by Frank McCarthy
Directed by	Leslie H. Martinson Lewis Milestone
Written by	Screenplay: Richard L. Breen Adaptation: Vincent X. Flaherty Howard Sheehan
Based on	John F. Kennedy in World War II by Robert J. Donovan
Produced by	Bryan Foy
Starring	Cliff Robertson
Narrated by	Andrew Duggan (uncredited)
Cinematography	Robert Surtees
Edited by	Folmar Blangsted
Music by	David Buttolph William Lava
Production company	Warner Bros.
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	June 19, 1963 (1963-06-19) (U.S.)
Running time	140 minutes
Language	English
Budget	$4 million[1]
Box office	est. $3.5 million (US/Canada rentals)[2]

PT 109 is a 1963 American Technicolor Panavision biographical war film depicting the actions of John F. Kennedy as an officer of the United States Navy in command of Motor Torpedo Boat PT-109 in the Pacific theater of World War II. The film was adapted by Vincent Flaherty and Howard Sheehan from the book PT 109: John F. Kennedy in World War II by Robert J. Donovan, and the screenplay was written by Richard L. Breen. Cliff Robertson stars as Kennedy, and the film features performances by Ty Hardin, James Gregory, Robert Culp and Grant Williams.

PT 109 was the first commercial theatrical film about a sitting U.S. president released while he was still in office (although FDR was often depicted in small roles during his administration, most notably in Yankee Doodle Dandy). It was released domestically on June 19, 1963, five months before Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas.^[1]