Action in the North Atlantic (1943)

Action in the North Atlantic Directed by Lloyd Bacon Written by John Howard Lawson; story by Guy Gilpatric 1943/USA Warner Bros First viewing/Amazon Instant Video The great action sequences make this film.  Humphrey Bogart and Raymond Massey don’t hurt either. The story is more or less a... Read full article

Summer Blockbusters? Yeah, Probably Not – AE: Apocalypse Earth and Atlantic Rim (Both 2013)

Haven’t I seen that title somewhere else? No, it must be some other movie I’m thinking of. One is a movie that takes place on a devastated post-apocalyse Earth where a spaceship crash-lands and the few survivors have to fight their way past creatures evolved to hunt humans. The other fea... Read full article

Action in the North Atlantic – 1943

My Review —A Very Good Film— Your Bogie Fix:  out of 5 Bogies! Director:  Lloyd Bacon (Byron Haskin finished the film after Bacon was dismissed when the studio could not renegotiate a new contract.) The Lowdown Bogart is Lt. Joe Rossi, second in command on a Merchant Marine tanker that... Read full article

Atlantic City

In the film, Atlantic City looks like a stubborn floater in the toilet.  There’s graffiti everywhere and buildings being demolished left and right.  A build board on a rundown apartment building pokes fun at the city’s embarrassing decline, reading, “Atlantic City, you’re on the map again.... Read full article

24 Bogie Movie Marathon #14: Action in the North Atlantic (1943)

About MeBlogger, Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog and more. Please add my Google profile to your circles. A fine World War II movie, indeed. What a superb war movie. It's got all the right elements: action, adventure, interesting characters, a couple of love stories, brains versus brawn, patr... Read full article