Pacific Rendezvous

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Pacific Rendezvous
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Directed by George Sidney
Written by Harry Kurnitz
P.J. Wolfson
George Oppenheimer
Starring Lee Bowman
Cinematography Paul Vogel
Edited by Ben Lewis
Music by David Snell
Production
company
Distributed by Loew's Inc.
Release date
  • May 21, 1942 (1942-05-21)
Running time
76 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$225,000 [1]
Box office$407,000 [1]

Pacific Rendezvous is a 1942 American mystery film directed by George Sidney. It stars Lee Bowman and Jean Rogers. [2]

Contents

The previous film version was the 1935 film Rendezvous , starring William Powell and Rosalind Russell, directed by William K. Howard and Sam Wood. P. J. Wolfson and George Oppenheimer were credited with the screenplay of Rendezvous, and Bella Spewack and Samuel Spewack were credited as adapters of the book The American Black Chamber by Major Herbert O. Yardley (1931). [3]

Plot

A code expert working for Naval Intelligence is assigned to decode enemy messages despite his desire for active duty.

Cast

Production

The film was directed by George Sidney who says that George Seitz meant to direct the film but dropped out at the last minute. Sidney directed a screen test for Lee Bowman. He used Jean Rogers to appear alongside him and MGM executives liked the test so much that both were cast in the film. The film was shot in 22 days although Sidney was unhappy he had so little preparation time. [4]

Reception

According to MGM records the film earned $253,000 in the US and Canada and $154,000 elsewhere, making the studio a profit of $23,000. [1]

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References

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  2. "Pacific Rendezvous - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast - AllMovie". Archived from the original on 2012-07-17. Retrieved 2011-05-07.
  3. "AFI|Catalog".
  4. Davis, Ronald L. (2005). Just Making Movies . University Press of Mississippi. p.  64. ISBN   9781578066902.