Across the Pacific

Across the Pacific is a 1942 spy film set on the eve of the entry of the United States into World War II. The film 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. The title had been used before by Warner Brothers for a 1926 silent adventure film starring Monte Blue, who also has a small role in this film. However, the ... more

Across the Pacific is a 1942 spy film set on the eve of the entry of the United States into World War II. The film 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. The title had been used before by Warner Brothers for a 1926 silent adventure film starring Monte Blue, who also has a small role in this film. However, the plots bear no resemblance to each other. In late 1941, Captain Rick Leland (Humphrey Bogart) is court-martialled and discharged from the U.S. Coast Artillery after he is caught stealing. He tries to join the Canadian army, but is coldly rebuffed. He subsequently boards a Japanese ship, the Genoa Maru, in Halifax to make his way to China via the Panama Canal to fight for Chiang Kai-shek. On board, he meets Canadian Alberta Marlow (Mary Astor) and Dr. Lorenz (Sydney Greenstreet), a professor of sociology who makes no secret of his admiration of... less