Pacific Liner
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Pacific Liner |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1938 |
| length | 76 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Lew Landers |
| script | John Twist |
| production | Robert Sisk |
| music | Robert Russell Bennett |
| camera | Nicholas Musuraca |
| cut | Harry Marker |
| occupation | |
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Pacific Liner is a 1938 American drama film directed by Lew Landers for RKO Pictures based on a story by Anthony Coldeway and Henry Roberts Symonds .
action
Crusher McKay is an engineer on board the SS Arcturus passenger liner . Despite his toughness, his team stands behind him. The doctor Dr. Tony Caig, who travels from Shanghai to San Francisco to be close to his former girlfriend, the nurse Ann Grayson. McKay also feels drawn to Ann, and a rivalry develops between the engineer and the doctor.
A Chinese man is discovered as a stowaway in the middle of the Pacific. The man is infected with cholera bacteria and infects bystanders. An epidemic threatens to break out on board the steamer, causing panic among passengers. McKay orders the lower decks where the Chinese was discovered to be sealed. The order is opposed by Dr. Craig, who wants to treat the infected. McKay meanwhile has to urge his men to keep steaming the boilers.
The passengers on the upper decks have not noticed any of the problems so far. Only when a crew member falls ill do they panic too. Dr. Craig and Ann are desperate to heal the sick. In doing so, they come closer again. As more and more of his men fall ill, McKay grabs a shovel himself to shovel coal into the kettles. But McKay also falls victim to the infection. Without the guidance of their engineer, the frightened stokers revolt. Craig's attempts to contain the mutiny fail. Only when McKay gets up from his bed, terminally ill, do the men go back to their work. Thanks to McKay's dogged determination, the Arcturus reached port safely.
criticism
The American Catholic Bishops' Conference (USCCB) described the film as a static melodrama with sophisticated brutality, threatening situations and sexual innuendos.
Awards
Robert Russell Bennett received an Oscar nomination in 1939 for Best Score .
background
The film premiered on January 6, 1939.
The production designers Van Nest Polglase and Albert S. D'Agostino made a lavishly furnished ship model for the film. This model was used by Mark Robson for his 1943 horror thriller The Ghost Ship . The interior was designed by Darrell Silvera .
Web links
- Pacific liner in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ criticism of the USCCB (engl.) ( Page no longer available , searching web archives ) Info: The link is automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
