Review of Across the Pacific (1942) by Glen O — 14 Aug 2008
A good little espionage movie with witty dialogue and Bogart in fine form as the weary cynic who is more than he appears. Mary Astor and Sydney Greenstreet, who also costarred with Bogart in The Maltese Falcon (also directed by John Huston) are good here.
Asdor takes a more comedic turn in this than the ingratiating manipulator she plays in The Maltese Falcon. The racial stereotyping of the Japanese is what one might expect from a propaganda film of this sort.
No doubt it was films like this that fed into the sentiment that saw many even second and third generation Japanese-Americans interred in prison camps for the duration of the war.
This review of Across the Pacific (1942) was written by Glen O on 14 Aug 2008.
Across the Pacific has generally received positive reviews.
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