...it's like TV Tropes, but LINKED DATA!

Across the Pacific

108 statements
20 feature instances
3 referencing feature instances

Across the Pacific	type	TVTItem
Across the Pacific	label	Across the Pacific
Across the Pacific	page	AcrossThePacific
Across the Pacific	comment	Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Across the Pacific is a 1942 film directed by John Huston and an uncredited Vincent Sherman.The movie opens on November 17, 1941. Captain Rick Leland (Humphrey Bogart), an artillery officer in the U.S. Army, receives a dishonorable discharge for embezzling funds. He goes to Canada, because Canada's at war, but they know about his past and reject him. Resolving to offer his services to Nationalist China, also at war, he boards a ship in Halifax, bound for the Panama Canal and thence to China.As it happens, it's a Japanese ship with a Japanese crew. On that ship, he meets some interesting people. There's Alberta Marlow (Mary Astor), a lovely Canadian woman who immediately hits it off with Rick. Also on the ship is one Dr. Lorenz (Sydney Greenstreet), a businessman who is going back to East Asia, where he's spent most of his life. Dr. Lorenz is an aficionado of Japanese culture, speaks fluent Japanese, and has a Japanese servant. Lorenz starts asking Rick questions about his grudge against the Army, then more pointed questions about his service in the Panama Canal Zone, and the American defenses there. It eventually becomes clear that Lorenz is a spy for the Japanese, part of a plot to make an attack on the Panama Canal, should war break out—but surely it won't?Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })What Lorenz doesn't know is that Leland's court-martial and dishonorable discharge were a ruse. In fact, he is part of a counter-intelligence operation meant to ferret out just what Lorenz and his ring of Japanese spies are up to. What Leland doesn't know is just why Alberta Marlow is on the boat, and whether or not she is connected to Lorenz's plot.John Huston left the production after he joined the Army with the breakout of war. Huston spent the war making Army documentaries and wouldn't make a Hollywood feature again until The Treasure of the Sierra Madre in 1948. Richard Loo plays Miyama, one of the Japanese bad guys.
Across the Pacific	fetched	2023-01-09T13:12:36Z
Across the Pacific	parsed	2023-01-09T13:12:36Z
Across the Pacific	isPartOf	DBTropes
Across the Pacific / int_14ed6ab7	type	Does This Remind You of Anything?
Across the Pacific / int_14ed6ab7	comment	Does This Remind You of Anything?: On board the boat, Dr. Lorenz produces his gun. Rick whips out his gun, a rather intimidating one, and says "Mine's bigger than yours."
Across the Pacific / int_14ed6ab7	featureApplicability	1.0
Across the Pacific / int_14ed6ab7	featureConfidence	1.0
Across the Pacific	hasFeature	Across the Pacific / int_14ed6ab7
Across the Pacific / int_18d15922	type	Title Drop
Across the Pacific / int_18d15922	comment	Title Drop: Rick tells Lorenz that he is headed "across the Pacific" to China to join Chiang Kai-Shek's war.
Across the Pacific / int_18d15922	featureApplicability	1.0
Across the Pacific / int_18d15922	featureConfidence	1.0
Across the Pacific	hasFeature	Across the Pacific / int_18d15922
Across the Pacific / int_2b7d29e1	type	Artifact Title
Across the Pacific / int_2b7d29e1	comment	Artifact Title: When this film first entered production, the story was about a Japanese plot to attack the U.S. Navy base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. When the Japanese actually did attack Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, production was shut down and the story was rewritten to be about a Japanese attack on the Panama Canal. However the title was not changed, which is why it's still called Across the Pacific when Rick and the boat never even get to the Pacific; they sail down the Atlantic coast to the Caribbean and then to the Panama Canal where the story reaches a climax.
Across the Pacific / int_2b7d29e1	featureApplicability	1.0
Across the Pacific / int_2b7d29e1	featureConfidence	1.0
Across the Pacific	hasFeature	Across the Pacific / int_2b7d29e1
Across the Pacific / int_3149c4b0	type	It Will Never Catch On
Across the Pacific / int_3149c4b0	comment	It Will Never Catch On: Smith says that whatever Lorenz wants the flight patrol schedules for, it can't be for something imminent. He points to a newspaper headline about two Japanese peace envoys in Washington and says "We hardly think they'd keep those two men in Washington if they were intending to pull a fast one." The camera then zooms in to show that the newspaper is dated December 6, 1941.
Across the Pacific / int_3149c4b0	featureApplicability	1.0
Across the Pacific / int_3149c4b0	featureConfidence	1.0
Across the Pacific	hasFeature	Across the Pacific / int_3149c4b0
Across the Pacific / int_434d893c	type	Funny Foreigner
Across the Pacific / int_434d893c	comment	Funny Foreigner: There's a lot of racist humor regarding the Japanese, who say "Excuse, please" all the time and are excessively polite. When one of the stewards on the boat introduces himself as "Sugi", Rick decides that he will call him "Should-a-be".
Across the Pacific / int_434d893c	featureApplicability	1.0
Across the Pacific / int_434d893c	featureConfidence	1.0
Across the Pacific	hasFeature	Across the Pacific / int_434d893c
Across the Pacific / int_50b1855d	type	Spy Fiction
Across the Pacific / int_50b1855d	comment	Spy Fiction: A Japanese plot to assemble and launch a torpedo plane, which will fire torpedoes at the locks of the Panama Canal and destroy it. Rick is tasked with finding out the patrol schedules of the American flight squadrons defending the canal.note In Real Life the Japanese did have a far-fetched plot to attack the canal, which involved launching a bunch of planes from submarine aircraft carriers. Nothing ever came of it.
Across the Pacific / int_50b1855d	featureApplicability	1.0
Across the Pacific / int_50b1855d	featureConfidence	1.0
Across the Pacific	hasFeature	Across the Pacific / int_50b1855d
Across the Pacific / int_5b0a8d6a	type	Racial Face Blindness
Across the Pacific / int_5b0a8d6a	comment	Racial Face Blindness: Some amazingly racist dialogue when Alberta notices that Oki, Lorenz's manservant, has been replaced by a different man who is also calling himself Oki.
Across the Pacific / int_5b0a8d6a	featureApplicability	1.0
Across the Pacific / int_5b0a8d6a	featureConfidence	1.0
Across the Pacific	hasFeature	Across the Pacific / int_5b0a8d6a
Across the Pacific / int_6b2b3b59	type	The Reveal
Across the Pacific / int_6b2b3b59	comment	The Reveal: About a third of the way through the film it's revealed that Rick's dishonorable discharge was fake, that he has known all along that Lorenz is a Japanese spy, and that he is on a mission to infiltrate the spy ring.
Across the Pacific / int_6b2b3b59	featureApplicability	1.0
Across the Pacific / int_6b2b3b59	featureConfidence	1.0
Across the Pacific	hasFeature	Across the Pacific / int_6b2b3b59
Across the Pacific / int_79b16b48	type	Japanese Ranguage
Across the Pacific / int_79b16b48	comment	Japanese Ranguage: A little last dollop of racism has the pilot of the torpedo plane—an Imperial prince!—address Rick as "Rerand".
Across the Pacific / int_79b16b48	featureApplicability	1.0
Across the Pacific / int_79b16b48	featureConfidence	1.0
Across the Pacific	hasFeature	Across the Pacific / int_79b16b48
Across the Pacific / int_7eebe99c	type	The Alcoholic
Across the Pacific / int_7eebe99c	comment	The Alcoholic: It turns out that Alberta's father is the owner of the plantation which the Japanese have commandeered and made into a secret base. Her father is a "dipsomaniac" who, when he finally shows up, is so drunk he can barely stand.
Across the Pacific / int_7eebe99c	featureApplicability	1.0
Across the Pacific / int_7eebe99c	featureConfidence	1.0
Across the Pacific	hasFeature	Across the Pacific / int_7eebe99c
Across the Pacific / int_9d17b859	type	Made of Iron
Across the Pacific / int_9d17b859	comment	Made of Iron: Rick is bashed over the head by Totsuiko and then beaten with a cane by Lorenz. When Rick shows up at the plantation Lorenz is astonished, saying that most people who had taken a beating like that would have been in bed for at least a week.
Across the Pacific / int_9d17b859	featureApplicability	1.0
Across the Pacific / int_9d17b859	featureConfidence	1.0
Across the Pacific	hasFeature	Across the Pacific / int_9d17b859
Across the Pacific / int_b032e4ed	type	Ms. Fanservice
Across the Pacific / int_b032e4ed	comment	Ms. Fanservice: Alberta suns herself on the ship's deck in a pretty daring for the 1940s swimsuit.
Across the Pacific / int_b032e4ed	featureApplicability	1.0
Across the Pacific / int_b032e4ed	featureConfidence	1.0
Across the Pacific	hasFeature	Across the Pacific / int_b032e4ed
Across the Pacific / int_b06186c2	type	RoofHopping
Across the Pacific / int_b06186c2	comment	Roof Hopping: Rick finds himself shooting it out with Japanese spies in a movie theater. He climbs out a second-story window to a roof, where he jumps across a narrow alley to a balcony across the street, making his escape.
Across the Pacific / int_b06186c2	featureApplicability	1.0
Across the Pacific / int_b06186c2	featureConfidence	1.0
Across the Pacific	hasFeature	Across the Pacific / int_b06186c2
Across the Pacific / int_b26b3e4b	type	Faux Fluency
Across the Pacific / int_b26b3e4b	comment	Faux Fluency: The Japanese characters are actually speaking Japanese (which is more than can be said for a lot of other World War II-era films), but the mostly Chinese-American actors diction and pronunciation leaves a lot to be desired.
Across the Pacific / int_b26b3e4b	featureApplicability	1.0
Across the Pacific / int_b26b3e4b	featureConfidence	1.0
Across the Pacific	hasFeature	Across the Pacific / int_b26b3e4b
Across the Pacific / int_c78d3e08	type	Seppuku
Across the Pacific / int_c78d3e08	comment	Seppuku: Averted at the last moment. Lorenz is such a fan of Japanese culture that, when the game is up after Rick has shot down the plane, he kneels on a ceremonial mat and pulls out a knife to perform seppuku. But he can't do it, and instead surrenders to Rick.
Across the Pacific / int_c78d3e08	featureApplicability	-1.0
Across the Pacific / int_c78d3e08	featureConfidence	1.0
Across the Pacific	hasFeature	Across the Pacific / int_c78d3e08
Across the Pacific / int_cafdaf4e	type	Trust Password
Across the Pacific / int_cafdaf4e	comment	Trust Password: Smith, Rick's spy contact in Panama is a bank officer. Rick confirms his identity to Smith by asking to start an account and saying he will deposit the specific amount of $1241.
Across the Pacific / int_cafdaf4e	featureApplicability	1.0
Across the Pacific / int_cafdaf4e	featureConfidence	1.0
Across the Pacific	hasFeature	Across the Pacific / int_cafdaf4e
Across the Pacific / int_e3c20140	type	As Long as It Sounds Foreign
Across the Pacific / int_e3c20140	comment	As Long as It Sounds Foreign: "Totsuiko" isn't a real Japanese name. It's an amalgam of the family name "Totsuka" (like Saika Totsuka in My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, as I Expected) and the royal given name "Suiko" (the name of Japan's 33rd monarch).
Across the Pacific / int_e3c20140	featureApplicability	1.0
Across the Pacific / int_e3c20140	featureConfidence	1.0
Across the Pacific	hasFeature	Across the Pacific / int_e3c20140
Across the Pacific / int_e6f3cc6e	type	Embarrassingly Painful Sunburn
Across the Pacific / int_e6f3cc6e	comment	Embarrassingly Painful Sunburn: A bit of comic relief has Alberta get a painful sunburn on the boat after ignoring Rick's warning about putting on sunscreen.
Across the Pacific / int_e6f3cc6e	featureApplicability	1.0
Across the Pacific / int_e6f3cc6e	featureConfidence	1.0
Across the Pacific	hasFeature	Across the Pacific / int_e6f3cc6e
Across the Pacific / int_efca7df8	type	Insignia Rip-Off Ritual
Across the Pacific / int_efca7df8	comment	Insignia Ripoff Ritual: One of Rick's old Army friends, who is not in on the scheme, angrily rips off Rick's shoulder boards after Rick is dishonorably discharged.
Across the Pacific / int_efca7df8	featureApplicability	1.0
Across the Pacific / int_efca7df8	featureConfidence	1.0
Across the Pacific	hasFeature	Across the Pacific / int_efca7df8
Across the Pacific / int_name	type	ItemName
Across the Pacific / int_name	comment
Across the Pacific / int_name	featureApplicability	1.0
Across the Pacific / int_name	featureConfidence	1.0
Across the Pacific	hasFeature	Across the Pacific / int_name
Across the Pacific / int_name	itemName	Across the Pacific

The following is a list of statements referring to the current page from other pages.

Across the Pacific	hasFeature	Fake Defector / int_265ce231
Across the Pacific	hasFeature	Hollywood Action Hero / int_265ce231
Across the Pacific	hasFeature	Never Trust a Title / int_265ce231

Copyright of DBTropes.org wrapper 2009-2013 DFKI Knowledge Management. Imprint. - Thanks to Bakken&Baeck for hosting. Contact.
Copyright of data TVTropes.org contributors under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.