Across the Pacific (1942) | |
| Director(s) | John Huston, Vincent Sherman (uncredited) |
| Producer(s) | Jerry Wald |
| Top Genres | Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, War |
| Top Topics | Spies |
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Across the Pacific (1942) was a Action - Adventure Film directed by John Huston and Vincent Sherman and produced by Jerry Wald.
SYNOPSIS
After being given a phony dishonorable discharge, Army officer Richard Leland (Bogart) offers his services to Chiang Kai-Shek and the Chinese. On his journey through the Panama Canal, he comes across Dr. Lorenz (Greenstreet), a spy determined to blow up the Canal. It should be noted that the characters in the movie never reach the Pacific or cross it for that matter. Huston ultimately left production literally mid-scene to join the armed forces, leaving command of the movie in the hands of young director Sherman. This second feature directed by Huston reunites most of the cast from The Maltese Falcon (1941). Also available in a colorized version.
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By Bogart Fan on Mar 13, 2014 From The Bogie Film BlogMy Review —Drastically Abridged, but It Works!—? Honorary Bogie Fix: ?out of 5 Radio Bogies! The Lowdown For my synopsis of the storyline from?Across the Pacific, you can read my original write up on the film here. What I Thought I know that I probably don?t need to say this, but you sho... Read full article
Across the Pacific – 1942
By Bogart Fan on Mar 9, 2014 From The Bogie Film BlogMy Review —As Good as an Action Thriller Can Get— Your Bogie Film Fix: out of 5 Bogies! Director: John Huston (Vincent Sherman finished the film, uncredited, after Huston was called off to film war documentaries.) The Lowdown After being kicked out of the military for stealing funds, ... Read full article
24 Bogie Movie Marathon #12: Across the Pacific (1942)
By Google profile on Nov 18, 2010 From Out of the Past - A Classic Film BlogAbout MeBlogger, Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog and more. Please add my Google profile to your circles. (from Film Noir Photos) What an excruciatingly boring film. I could not get into it no matter how hard I tried. The story was convoluted, the characters were not interesting and I quickly ... Read full article
Across the Pacific (1942)
By Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001 From Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog(from Film Noir Photos) What an excruciatingly boring film. I could not get into it no matter how hard I tried. The story was convoluted, the characters were not interesting and I quickly lost interest. In my research of Bogart's connection with Ben Affleck (don't ask), I discovered that Bogie wo... Read full article
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Quotes from
Rick Leland: Hey, are you getting sick?
Alberta Marlow: I don't know. How do girls usually act when you kiss them?
Rick Leland: Well, they don't turn green.
Alberta Marlow: Then I'm sick. Get me out of here.
Alberta Marlow: We were discussing Philippine economics when we were so rudely interrupted.
Dr. Lorenz: My own field! Miss Marlowe was kind enough to listen to me.
Rick Leland: They're going to be free in 1946, aren't they?
Dr. Lorenz: They are - provided America does not insist on fighting a war with Japan. It's my opinion that that contingency is going to keep the Philippines from being free.
Alberta Marlow: Won't Japan gobble them up?
Rick Leland: No offense, but Japan or Canada or anybody else can have the Philippines as far as I'm concerned. It's hot in Manila!
Dr. Lorenz: Might even be hotter before long.
Alberta Marlow: Hot enough to go around in shorts?
Rick Leland: Ah, there's a Canadian for you! Let them take their clothes off, and they're happy.
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Facts about
As the passengers debark in New York, there is a prominent shot of the Great White Fleet's head house. This was a real shipping company. It was, and is, the popular name of the United Fruit Company's shipping line. The title "Great White Fleet" in fact derived from the name given the United States Navy's main battle fleet which circumnavigated the globe in 1907-08. Painted white, the battle fleet must have been an impressive sight. The United Fruit Company's fleet was also painted white in order to help reflect the intense heat whilst operating in the tropics.
Though the film's plot was changed from Rick Leland foiling a Japanese plot to blow up Pearl Harbor to a Japanese plot to blow up the Panama Canal (necessitated when the Japanese actually attacked Pearl Harbor without Leland being there to stop them), the title wasn't, so the film is called "Across the Pacific" though the characters never even get TO the Pacific, much less across it.
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