SOS Pacific

SOS Pacific (1959)

A flying boat has to ditch off an island in the Pacific. Along with the injured owner-pilot the passengers include a policeman and his smuggler prisoner, a slimey limey witness against him, a physicist, and a globe-hopping good-time girl. On the island they find a fleet of derelict ships, farm animals tethered, and cameras in a lead-lined bunker and a stark realisation soon dawns.

Data di uscita
1959-10-14
TMDB
6.9 / 10 (9)
Durata
1 h 31 min
Generi
Avventura, Dramma, Thriller
Regista
Guy Green

Cast

Curiosità

  • Girato a: Isole Canarie e Pinewood Studios

SOS Pacific is a 1959 British adventure drama film directed by Guy Green and starring Richard Attenborough, Pier Angeli, John Gregson, Eva Bartok and Eddie Constantine.

Production

The script was originally developed by Joseph Losey and Ben Barzman which Losey called a "melodrama... intended as a warning about the dangers of the bomb and the moral consequences of exploding it." Sydney Box was to produce and Columbia agreed to finance subject to a star agreeing to play the lead. Box sent Losey to meet with Hardy Krüger who was making a film at Cambridge University called Bachelor of Hearts.

Filming took place at Pinewood Studios with location work over five weeks shot on the Canary Islands. It was one of a number of movies the Rank Organisation financed around this time featuring European stars to appeal to European audiences.

Richard Attenborough called it "a pretty indifferent picture" but he enjoyed working with Pier Angeli so much he invited her to co star in his and Green's next film, The Angry Silence. According to Jean Anderson, Attenborough almost died filming an action sequence which rendered him unconscious.

Leggi su Wikipedia · Testo da Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Dati da Wikidata.

Consigliati