Pacific Blackout is a 1941 American mystery thriller film directed by Ralph Murphy and starring Robert Preston, Eva Gabor and Martha O'Driscoll.[1] It was produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures.
Pacific Blackout | |
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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 |
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Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 76 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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.