Two Yanks in Trinidad
Appearance
Two Yanks in Trinidad | |
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Directed by | Gregory Ratoff |
Written by | |
Produced by | Samuel Bischoff |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Philip Tannura |
Edited by | Viola Lawrence |
Music by | John Leipold |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 84 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Two Yanks in Trinidad is a 1942 American comedy spy film directed by Gregory Ratoff and starring Pat O'Brien, Brian Donlevy and Janet Blair.[1]
The film was in production when Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese, leading to America's entry into World War II.[2]
Plot
[edit]Two gangsters have a fight over a woman, and separately decided to join the US Army. While stationed in Trinidad they join forces to thwart a plan by Nazi agents to smuggle oil out of the island.
Cast
[edit]- Pat O'Brien as Tim Reardon
- Brian Donlevy as Vince Barrows
- Janet Blair as Patricia Dare
- Roger Clark as James W. Buckingham III
- Donald MacBride as Sgt. Valentine
- John Emery as Chicago Hagen
- Frank Jenks as Joe Scavenger
- Frank Sully as Mike Paradise
- Veda Ann Borg as Bubbles
- Clyde Fillmore as Col. Powers
- Dick Curtis as Sea Captain
- Sig Arno as Maitre d'
- Emory Parnell as Police Chief
References
[edit]- ^ "Two Yanks in Trinidad". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. afi.com. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
- ^ Koszarski p.494
Bibliography
[edit]- Koszarski, Richard. Hollywood on the Hudson: Film and Television in New York from Griffith to Sarnoff. Rutgers University Press, 2008.
- Langman, Larry. Destination Hollywood: The Influence of Europeans on American Filmmaking. McFarland, 2000.
External links
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Categories:
- 1942 films
- American spy comedy films
- American spy films
- American black-and-white films
- 1940s spy comedy films
- 1940s spy films
- Films directed by Gregory Ratoff
- Columbia Pictures films
- Films set in Trinidad and Tobago
- World War II films made in wartime
- Films produced by Samuel Bischoff
- Films scored by John Leipold
- 1942 comedy films
- 1940s English-language films
- 1940s comedy film stubs