Friday, February 19, 2010

Pacific Liner (1939)

RKO Radio Pictures
Directed by Lew Landers
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Turner Classic Movies)

Nominated: Best Original Score

Cholera breaks out below decks of a mid sized ship crossing the Pacific from Shanghai. The "firemen", who feed coal to continuously burning boilers, fall ill one by one, leading to a power struggle among the men. The ship's doctor, played by Chester Morris, tries to save the sick ones and keep the fires going. The ship's nurse, Wendy Barrie, is a distraction to everyone.

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