Pacific Blackout

Pacific Blackout
Directed by	Ralph Murphy
Written by	Franz Schulz Curt Siodmak Lester Cole
Produced by	Sol C. Siegel
Starring	Robert Preston Eva Gabor Martha O'Driscoll
Cinematography	Theodor Sparkuhl
Edited by	Thomas Scott
Music by	Gerard Carbonara
Production company	Paramount Pictures
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	December 31, 1941 (1941-12-31)
Running time	76 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Pacific Blackout is a 1941 American mystery thriller film directed by Ralph Murphy and starring Robert Preston, Eva Gabor and Martha O'Driscoll. It was produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures.

Plot

Inventor and engineer Robert Draper is unjustly convicted for the murder of his partner. Just as he is being 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 John Banner, Monte Blue, Wade Boteler, Ralph Dunn, Bess Flowers, Jack Norton, Betty Farrington and Lee Shumway

Bibliography

• Parish, James & Robert & Pitts, Michael R. The Great Spy Pictures. Scarecrow Press, 1974.

External links

• Pacific Blackout at IMDb
• Turner Classic Movies page