Charles Halton, Chester Gan, Frank Wilcox
Rick is an ex-American army officer who has been dishonorably discharged. However, his supposed disgrace has in fact been arranged by the US government, to allow Rick to investigate prewar espionage. ...( read more
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DVD Release Date: October 24, 2006
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Flixster Reviews (55)
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September 27, 2009A product of it's time, Across the Pacific was made more for the war effort than for it's cinematic merits. If the cast seems vaguely familiar it's because many of them, including director John Huston, worked together on The Maltese Falcon just the year before. Th...( read more)
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May 24, 2009bogey and greenstreet work well together once again in this excellent tale of intrigue. the twists are great and the story is told well in what is an underrated classic helmed by the great john huston.
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March 6, 2007One of John Huston's lesser works, but there's plenty of intrigue, tough guy heroics and the familiar faces of Mary Astor and Sydney Greenstreet make for great entertainment. Bogart and Astor's banter on board ship is particularly good fun.
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July 19, 2009This film has much to offer - espionage, romance, humor, World War II intrigue, spies, attempted bombings, action, suspense, blackmail, drama, mystery and adventure. A very entertaining mix and very successful. Fast paced, taut direction by John Huston, a great cast with the alwa...( read more)
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February 16, 2009Reteaming of the three major players of the Maltese Falcon yields iffy results, the acting is good of course but the story is somewhat lackluster and uninvolving. An average effort especially from someone like Huston.
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August 31, 2007what's flixster's problem? Giving this movie three stars is a crime. This was a great flick. I don't think anyone has bigger balls when it comes to women than Bogey.
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April 9, 2007Good WWII spy flick... Sydney Greenstreet is very creepy... Plot, however, is mostly an excuse to re-unite several stars from the Maltese Falcon and hope for similar fireworks... fairly well done, though...
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