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| Pacific Blackout | |
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| Directed by | Ralph Murphy |
| Written by | Franz Schulz Curt Siodmak Lester Cole |
| Produced by | Sol C. Siegel |
| Starring | Robert Preston Eva Gabor Martha O'Driscoll |
| Cinematography | Theodor Sparkuhl |
| Edited by | Thomas Scott |
| Music by | Gerard Carbonara |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 76 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Pacific Blackout is a 1941 American mystery thriller film directed by Ralph Murphy and starring Robert Preston, Eva Gabor and Martha O'Driscoll.[1] It was produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures.
Plot
[edit]Inventor and engineer Robert Draper is unjustly convicted for the murder of his partner. Just as he is being sent to prison, the prison truck crashes in the midst of a civil defense blackout, propelling him into a search for the real killers who framed him. Czech-American screenwriter Franz Schulz was billed as Francis Spencer for the film.
Cast
[edit]- Robert Preston as Robert Draper
- Martha O'Driscoll as Mary Jones
- Philip Merivale as John Runnell
- Eva Gabor as Marie Duval
- Louis Jean Heydt as Harold Kermin
- Thurston Hall as Williams, Civil Defense Official
- Mary Treen as Irene
- J. Edward Bromberg as Pickpocket
- Spencer Charters as Cornelius
- Cy Kendall as Hotel Clerk
- Russell Hicks as Commanding Officer
- Paul Stanton as Judge
- Clem Bevans as Night-watchman
- Robert Emmett Keane as Defense Attorney
- Edwin Maxwell as District attorney
- Rod Cameron as Pilot
- unbilled players include John Banner, Monte Blue, Wade Boteler, Ralph Dunn, Bess Flowers, Jack Norton, Betty Farrington and Lee Shumway
References
[edit]- ^ Parish & Pitts p.362
Bibliography
[edit]- Parish, James & Robert & Pitts, Michael R. The Great Spy Pictures. Scarecrow Press, 1974.
External links
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