Tragedia sul Pacifico

Tragedia sul Pacifico (1939)

Pacific Liner

Su un piroscafo in navigazione sul Pacifico scoppia un'epidemia di colera. Il capo macchinista, irascibile e severo coi sottoposti ma in fondo di buon cuore, si prodiga per la salvezza dell'equipaggio anche a costo della propria incolumità.

Data di uscita
1939-01-06
TMDB
5.5 / 10 (13)
Durata
1 h 15 min
Generi
Avventura, Azione
Regista
Lew Landers

Cast

Curiosità

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Pacific Liner is a 1939 American action/adventure film directed by Lew Landers. The film stars Victor McLaglen, Chester Morris and Wendy Barrie. Pacific Liner is primarily set in the engineering section of the vessel, where a stowaway has infected the crew with cholera. While the passengers remain oblivious, the ship's doctor (Morris) and nurse (Barrie) work to control the infection and heal their patients while the engineer (McLaglen)—who scoffs at "bugs"—keeps the stokers at their jobs filling the ship's boilers with coal to make the best time to San Francisco.

Production

Principal photography on Pacific Liner began mid-October 1938. In 1937, RKO corporate head Leo Spitz had moved away from the earlier "prestige pictures" that had often been critically acclaimed but financial disasters. He had not invested heavily in projects such as Pacific Liner, which had been originally intended to be released as an "exploitation quickie".

Along with a first-rate cast with both stock players and featured performers as well as a believable storyline, Pacific Liner also had the benefit of a "lavish shipboard set ... with art deco trimmings", courtesy of art director Van Nest Polglase and his assistant Albert D'Agostino, known especially for their elaborate sets in Astaire-Rogers musicals.

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