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Across the Pacific

  • 1942
  • Passed
  • 1h 37m
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6.8/10
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Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, and Roland Got in Across the Pacific (1942)
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In December 1941, ex-army captain Rick Leland boards a Japanese ship heading to Asia via the Panama Canal where his Japanese hosts show interest in the American defense plans for the canal z... Read allIn December 1941, ex-army captain Rick Leland boards a Japanese ship heading to Asia via the Panama Canal where his Japanese hosts show interest in the American defense plans for the canal zone.In December 1941, ex-army captain Rick Leland boards a Japanese ship heading to Asia via the Panama Canal where his Japanese hosts show interest in the American defense plans for the canal zone.

  • Directors
    • John Huston
    • Vincent Sherman
  • Writers
    • Richard Macaulay
    • Robert Carson
  • Stars
    • Humphrey Bogart
    • Mary Astor
    • Sydney Greenstreet
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.8/10
    5.2K
    YOUR RATING
    • Directors
      • John Huston
      • Vincent Sherman
    • Writers
      • Richard Macaulay
      • Robert Carson
    • Stars
      • Humphrey Bogart
      • Mary Astor
      • Sydney Greenstreet
    • 70User reviews
    • 29Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 1 nomination

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    Humphrey Bogart
    Humphrey Bogart
    • Rick Leland
    Mary Astor
    Mary Astor
    • Alberta Marlow
    Sydney Greenstreet
    Sydney Greenstreet
    • Dr. H.F.G. Lorenz
    Charles Halton
    Charles Halton
    • A.V. Smith
    Victor Sen Yung
    Victor Sen Yung
    • Joe Totsuiko
    • (as Sen Young)
    Roland Got
    • Sugi
    Lee Tong Foo
    Lee Tong Foo
    • Sam Wing On
    • (as Lee Tung Foo)
    Frank Wilcox
    Frank Wilcox
    • Capt. Morrison
    Paul Stanton
    Paul Stanton
    • Col. Hart
    Lester Matthews
    Lester Matthews
    • Canadian Major
    John Hamilton
    John Hamilton
    • Court-Martial President
    Tom Stevenson
    • Man Harassing Alberta
    Roland Drew
    Roland Drew
    • Capt. Harkness
    Monte Blue
    Monte Blue
    • Dan Morton
    Chester Gan
    Chester Gan
    • Capt. Higoto
    Richard Loo
    Richard Loo
    • First Officer Miyuma
    Keye Luke
    Keye Luke
    • Steamship Office Clerk
    Kam Tong
    Kam Tong
    • T. Oki
    • Directors
      • John Huston
      • Vincent Sherman(final scenes) (uncredited)
    • Writers
      • Richard Macaulay
      • Robert Carson
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    • Trivia
      Director Vincent Sherman met with John Huston just before Huston left the project to join the United States Army Signal Corps to shoot documentaries for the war effort.

      The two directors conferred just before they were about to shoot the scene in which Leland is trapped in the movie theatre and three assassins are trying to kill him.

      "How does he get out?" Sherman asked. Huston replied, "That's your problem! I'm off to the war!"

      John Huston then went off to join the war effort before the film was finished, taking the film script with him, explaining "Bogie will know how to get out." The studio's solution to the problem was to discard Huston's footage of the impossible dilemma and write a new scenario. Vincent Sherman directed the final scenes.
    • 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.
    • Quotes

      Rick Leland: [comparing his gun to Dr. Lorenz's, which he points at him] Remember: mine is bigger than yours!

    • Crazy credits
      Opening Card:

      Governor's Island

      New York
    • Alternate versions
      Also available in a computer colorized version.
    • Connections
      Featured in Frances Farmer Presents: Across the Pacific (1959)

    User reviews70

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    8/10
    A Strange Title Since It's Set In The Atlantic, But A Nice Spy Caper
    A good spy caper starring Humphrey Bogart as Rick Leland, a court-martialled US Army officer who finds himself in the middle of a nifty little bit of espionage work on board a Japanese freighter bound from Halifax to Yokohama via the Panama Canal just before the attack on Pearl Harbour. Surrounded by a rather suspicious group of characters, from his love interest Alberta Marlow (Mary Astor) to Dr. Lorenz (Sydney Greenstreet), Leland slowly uncovers a Japanese plot to attack the Canal Zone (presumably also on December 7) and sets himself to preventing it.

    This was a good performance by Bogart, along with good performances from Astor and Greenstreet. (For those not entirely familiar with Canadian geography, by the way, the pun is that Alberta claims to be from Medicine Hat, which is a small city in Alberta - almost TOO cute!) There's a fair amount of tension throughout as we struggle along with Leland to figure out exactly what's going on, and a nice climax as Leland foils the Japanese plan (Bogey had to win!)

    A couple of things I thought were worth noting, though. First of all, what's with the title? All the action in the movie takes place either on the Japanese freighter as it travels south down the ATLANTIC coast of North America or in the Panama Canal Zone (with some minor scenes in Halifax, where Leland is rejected by the Canadian Army, and in New York City, where he snoops for information.) The only Pacific connection to the movie is that the freighter was Japanese. And remember, of course, that this was made in 1942 (after Pearl Harbour.) The depiction of the Japanese isn't especially flattering (although I thought it was more a play on stereotypes than openly antagonistic), and the closing shot of the film is the wartime requisite showing off of American military strength.

    All in all, though, I enjoyed this movie immensely, and would highly recommend it.

    8/10
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    • sddavis63
    • Aug 11, 2003

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    • Is this the movie where Bogie goes nuts counting strawberries and demanding to know who ate the last strawberries? If not, what's it called? (I thought it was in color.)

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    • Release date
      • September 5, 1942 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • Aloha Means Goodbye
    • Filming locations
      • Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Warner Bros.
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 37 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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