Pacific Liner

Synopsis

An outbreak of cholera threatens a luxury liner in this surprisingly low-budget melodrama from RKO. En route from Shanghai to San Francisco, chief engineer Crusher McKay (Victor McLaglen) and shipboard doctor Tony Craig (Chester Morris) become rivals for the attention of nurse Ann Grayson (Wendy Barrie). A Chinese stowaway, meanwhile, infects the stokehold with cholera and it is left to Crusher to keep the engines at full throttle until reaching harbor. But morale sinks to an all-time low when Crusher himself is stricken and the overworked men threaten with mutiny. Tony attempts to keep the stokers in check but the situation is growing more dangerous by the minute when a heroic Crusher rises from his sickbed. Leaving their previous petty squabbles behind, Tony and Crusher manage to guide the ship safely to harbor, where the doc and Ann rekindle their romance.

Main Cast

Victor McLaglen

Crusher McKay

Age : 72 | Popularity : 3%

Chester Morris

Doctor Craig

Age : 69 | Popularity : 4%

Wendy Barrie

Ann Grayson

Age : 65 | Popularity : 4%

Alan Hale

Gallagher

Age : 57 | Popularity : 11%

Barry Fitzgerald

Britches

Age : 72 | Popularity : 9%

Allan Lane

Bilson

Age : 64 | Popularity : 5%

Halliwell Hobbes

Captain Mathews

Age : 84 | Popularity : 9%

Cy Kendall

Deadeyes

Age : 55 | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Art	Art Direction	Van Nest Polglase
	Assistant Art Director	Albert S. D'Agostino
	Set Decoration	Darrell Silvera
Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	Edward Stevenson
Crew	Special Effects	Vernon L. Walker
Camera	Director of Photography	Nicholas Musuraca
Directing	Director	Lew Landers
	Assistant Director	Sam Ruman
Writing	Screenplay	John Twist
	Story	Anthony Coldeway Henry Roberts Symonds
Production	Production Executive	Lee S. Marcus
	Producer	Robert Sisk
Editing	Editor	Harry Marker
Sound	Sound Recordist	John E. Tribby
	Music Director	Robert Russell Bennett
Department	Role	Name

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