Pacific Blackout

Pacific Blackout
Directed by	Ralph Murphy
Written by	Franz Schulz and Curt Siodmak (story)
Cinematography	Theodor Sparkuhl
Edited by	Thomas Scott
Release dates	31 December 1941
Running time	76 min.
Country	United States
Language	English

Pacific Blackout is a 1941 American film.

Inventor and engineer Robert Draper is unjustly found guilty for the murder of his partner. Just as he's 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

Robert Preston as Robert Draper
Martha O'Driscoll as Mary Jones
Philip Merivale as John Runnell
Eva Gabor as Marie Duval
Louis Jean Heydt as Harold Kermin
Thurston Hall as Williams (Civil Defense Official)
Mary Treen as Irene
J. Edward Bromberg as Pickpocket
Spencer Charters as Cornelius
Cy Kendall as Hotel Clerk
Russell Hicks as Commanding Officer
Paul Stanton as Judge
Clem Bevans as Night-watchman
Robert Emmett Keane as Defense Attorney
Edwin Maxwell as District attorney
Rod Cameron as Pilot
unbilled players include Monte Blue, Wade Boteler, Ralph Dunn, Bess Flowers, Jack Norton, Betty Farrington and Lee Shumway

External links

Films directed by Ralph Murphy

Curt Siodmak works

Novel

Donovan's Brain (1942)

Film

Writer	People on Sunday (1930) Girls Will Be Boys (1934) It's a Bet (1935) The Loves of Madame Dubarry (1935) The Tunnel (1935) Non-Stop New York (1937) Her Jungle Love (1938) Pacific Blackout (1941) The Wolf Man (1941) Invisible Agent (1942) Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943) Shady Lady (1945) The Beast with Five Fingers (1946) Bride of the Gorilla (1951) The Magnetic Monster (1953) Riders to the Stars (1954) Creature with the Atom Brain (1955)

Screenplay	Le Bal (1931) F.P.1 antwortet nicht (1932) F.P.1 (1933) The Invisible Man Returns (1940) Black Friday (1940) The Ape (1940) I Walked with a Zombie (1943) The Climax (1944) Tarzan's Magic Fountain (1949) Sherlock Holmes und das Halsband des Todes (1962)

Story	Son of Dracula (1943) House of Frankenstein (1944) Berlin Express (1948) Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956)

Director	People on Sunday (1930) Bride of the Gorilla (1951) The Magnetic Monster (1953) Curucu, Beast of the Amazon (1957) Love Slaves of the Amazons (1958)

Uncredited	Abdul the Damned (1935) The Devil's Messenger (1961)

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