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By Adder Lovelace

Updated 18 March 2023

Image info

Artist	ABC Television
Credit	eBay item photo front photo back
License	pd
Desc	Photo of Ty Hardin as Bronco Layne from the television program Bronco.
Usage	Public domain

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1963 film by Leslie H. Martinson

PT 109

Released	1963 (59 years, 3 months ago)

Director	Leslie H. Martinson
Duration	140 minutes
Genre	biographical film, drama film and war film
Composer	David Buttolph
Country of origin	United States of America
Screenwriter	Richard L. Breen
Producer	Bryan Foy

About PT 109

PT 109 is a 1963 biographical war film which depicts the actions of John F. Kennedy (JFK) as an officer of the United States Navy in command of Motor Torpedo Boat PT-109 during the Pacific War 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 Robert L. Breen. Cliff Robertson stars as Kennedy, with featured performances by Ty Hardin, James Gregory, Robert Culp, and Grant Williams.

PT 109 was the first commercial theatrical film about a sitting United States President released while he was still in office and still alive. It was released in the United States on June 19, 1963, five months before Kennedy was assassinated.