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Rick Leland makes no secret of the fact he has no loyalty to his home country after he is court-marshaled out of the army and boards a Japanese ship for the Orient in late 1941. But has Leland really been booted out, or is there some other motive for his getting close to fellow passenger Doctor Lorenz? Any motive for getting close to attractive traveller Alberta Marlow would however seem pretty obvious. Written by
Jeremy Perkins <jwp@aber.ac.uk>
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Trivia
One of the Japanese is mentioned as a member of the "Kokuryukai", or Black Dragon Society. This was a nationalist Japanese organization, formed in 1901 to protect and develop Japanese interests, initially working against Russian expansion in Asia. In the US, during the Second World War, it became a convenient scapegoat for anti-Japanese propaganda and actions.
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Goofs
The background for the opening titles is a map of the Panama Canal. The orientation of the map and the compass is correct, but the labeling of the map is incorrect. In fact, the Atlantic end of the canal and the city of Colon are at the upper left (Northwest), and the Pacific end of the canal and Panama City are at the lower right (Southeast). The map is correctly labeled behind the closing credits.
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Quotes
Alberta Marlow:
I'm not so obsessed with money as you seem to be. I can do without it.
Rick Leland:
You stick around with me and you'll get plenty of practice.
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Connections
Referenced in
2 Days in the Valley (1996)
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In the original story, published in the Saturday Evening Post before the US was thrust into WWII, the target for the Japanese was Pearl Harbor, not the Panama Canal. Real events forced the movie to change the target from one that the Japanese successfully attacked to one where Bogart could prevent a Japanese victory.