For the 1926 film, see Across the Pacific (1926 film).
Across the Pacific
Directed by
John Huston Vincent Sherman
Screenplay by
Richard Macaulay
Based on
"Aloha Means Good-bye" (1941 The Saturday Evening Post story) by Robert Carson
Produced by
Jack Saper Jerry Wald
Starring
Humphrey Bogart Mary Astor Sydney Greenstreet
Cinematography
Arthur Edeson
Edited by
Frank Magee
Music by
Adolph Deutsch
Production company
Warner Bros.
Distributed by
Warner Bros.
Release date
September 4, 1942 (1942-09-04)
Running time
97 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$576,000[1]
Box office
$1.3 million (US rentals)[2][3] $2,375,000 (worldwide)[1]
Across the Pacific is a 1942 American spy film set on the eve of the entry of the United States into World War II. It was directed first by John Huston, then by Vincent Sherman after Huston joined the United States Army Signal Corps. It stars Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, and Sydney Greenstreet. Despite the title, the action never progresses across the Pacific, concluding in Panama. The original script portrayed an attempt to avert a Japanese plan to invade Pearl Harbor. When the real-life attack on Pearl Harbor occurred, production was shut down for three months, resuming on March 2, 1942, with a revised script changing the target to Panama.[4][5]
The screenplay by Richard Macauley was an adaptation of a Saturday Evening Post serial by Robert Carson, “Aloha Means Goodbye”, published June 28–July 26, 1941.[6][7]
Warner Bros. used the same title for a 1926 silent adventure film starring Monte Blue, who has a small role in this picture. However, the plots of the two films have no similarities.
^ abWarner Bros financial information in The William Shaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1-31 p 23 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551
^"101 Pix Gross in Millions" Variety 6 Jan 1943 p 58
^Thomas Schatz, Boom and Bust: American Cinema in the 1940s Uni of California Press, 1999 p 218
^Astor, Mary, A Life on Film, Dell Publishing 1967, New York, p. 157
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