Pacific Blackout

Pacific Blackout
Directed byRalph Murphy
Written byFranz Schulz
Curt Siodmak
Lester Cole
Produced bySol C. Siegel
StarringRobert Preston
Eva Gabor
Martha O'Driscoll
CinematographyTheodor Sparkuhl
Edited byThomas Scott
Music byGerard Carbonara
Production
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Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • December 31, 1941 (1941-12-31)
Running time
76 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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

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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

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References

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  1. ^ Parish & Pitts p.362

Bibliography

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  • Parish, James & Robert & Pitts, Michael R. The Great Spy Pictures. Scarecrow Press, 1974.
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