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I am in the process of collecting as many films from the golden era of Hollywood and the collection has to start with the great Bogart, Powell and Mitchum flicks from the 40's. Across the Pacific is part spy drama, part pure mystery and part patriotic propaganda all rolled into 98 minutes of nail bitting fun. Bogarts next film was Casablanca, and you can see his Rick Blane persona all over this part. Mary Astor plays a mysterious woman who's on the same ship with Bogie and you never can tell if she's mixed up in all the intrigue or if she is just an innocent bystander. Sydney Greenstreet plays his typical sleezball (remember his part in Maltese Falcon and his humman trafficing club owner in Casablanca) Well he seems to be a natural for this kind of role. If you love classic cinema and Bogart...Buy this one soon. Marty C. 01/14/2011Read full review
PLOT: Tossed out of the Army Rick Leland (Bogart) headS to Panama and on the ship finds spies, a lovely lady and intigue~ ADD some humor and plot BY SPIES TO BLOW UP THE PANAMA CANAL~ RICK LELAND HAS BEEN TOSSED OUT OF THE ARMY~ so he is NOW on his way to hire his services to who ever can pay~ on the way to South America on a Japanese Ship he encounters Sydney Greenstreet (LORENZO) WHO who is wise on the way of the Japanese~ added fun is the lovely Mary Aster who soon becomes the object of Ricks pursuit~ some homor here ~ but the end result is soon Lorenzo hires Rick who had been stationed in the panama canel zone for INSIDE INFO~ WHY? IT IS DECEMBER 1941 and ~ and LORENZ AND HIS GOONS WILL DO ABOUT ANYTHING TO GET MORE INFO ON THE CANAL~ Soon Rick stumple across a plot to BOMB THE PANAMA CANAL (AT THE SAME TIME THE JAPANESE ARE GOING TO BE BOMBING PEARL HARBOR) IN A SECONDARY HIT AT THE USA~ this is a fun movie! the clever Banter between Rick and Angel (Astor) is quite funny~ this movies along very well and never drags~ Rick and Lorenzo keeps us glued to the evolving plot~ I GIVE IT A AN 8 OUT OF 10 FOR EXCELLENT NOIR WAR SPY FUN~ MADE ONE YEAR AFTER THE MALTESE FALCON~ SOME OF THE SAME GREAT CAST~ IF YOU FOUND THIS REVIEW HELPFUL PLEASE REMEMBER TO VOTE~Read full review
Great Humphrey Bogart film. Very exciting at the end.
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