ID

FBW001361      Fiction

Country / Year

USA, 1944

Original Title

Tampico

Directed by

Lothar Mendes

Produced by

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., Los Angeles, CA / New York, NY

Staff

Producer: Robert Bassler; Script: Kenneth Gamet, Fred Niblo, Richard Macaulay; Based on: Ladislas Fodor (Story); Camera: Charles Clarke; Editing: Robert Fritch; Art direction: Thomas Little; Set decoration: Albert Hogsett, James Basevi; Special Effects: Fred Sersen; Costumes: Yvonne Wood; Musical direction: Emil Newman; Musical arrangements: David Raksin

Cast

Edward G. Robinson (Capt. Bart Manson); Lynn Bari (Kathie Hall); Victor McLaglen (Fred Adamson); Robert Bailey (Watson); Marc Lawrence (Valdez); E.J. Ballantine (Silhouette Man); Mona Maris (Dolores); Tonio Selwart (Kruger); Carl Ekberg (Mueller); Roy Roberts (Crawford); George Sorel (Stranger); Charles Lang (Naval Officer); Ralph Byrd (Quartermaster); Dutch Hendrian (Crew Member); Paul Kruger (Crew Member); Martin Cichy (Crew Member); Constantin Romanoff (Crew Member); Louis Hart (Crew Member); Antonio Moreno (Justice of the Peace); Nestor Paiva (Naval Commander); Muni Seroff (Rodriguez); Juan Varro (Photographer); Ben Erway (Dr. Brown); Helen Brown (Mrs. Kelly); Martin Garralaga (Serra); Margaret Martin (Proprietor); David Cota (Messenger Boy); Arno Frey (Navigator); Chris-Pin Martin (Waiter); Trevor Bardette (Waiter); Peter Helmers (Captain); Otto Reichow (2nd Lieutenant); Ludwig Donath (Commander); Rolf Lindau (Radio Operator); Jean Del Val (Port Pilot); Hans von Morhart (2nd Officer); Daniel Ocko (Immigration Inspector); Karen Palmer (Bit); Martin Black (Steward); Virgil Johanson (Seaman)

Length

75'

Format

35mm/sw/1:1,37

Abstract

Capt. Bart Manson, the skipper of an oil tanker, picks up survivors, including Kathie Hall, whose ship has been sunk by torpedoes in the Gulf of Mexico. As Capt. Bart Manson and Kathie Hall engage in a feisty romance, his boat sinks, and she is the prime suspect because no one knows who she really is. In trying to prove her innocence, Capt. Bart Manson discovers that his trustworthy first mate, who didn't want to pick up the survivors, is really a German spy.

Subject Terms

Anti-Nazi films (US); Survivors of the Holocaust; Ships; Foreign agents; World War II

Bibliography

- Nash, Ray R. / Ross, Stanley R. / Conelly, Robert B. (Ed.): Motion Picture Guide. Chicago, IL: Cinebooks, 1987