Dick Powell
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Language. English. Box office. $1.7 million (US rentals) [1] To the Ends of the Earth is a 1948 American film noir thriller film directed by Robert Stevenson and starring Dick Powell, Signe Hasso and Ludwig Donath. [2] It was released by Columbia Pictures .
- Ludwig Donath
Life. Born to a Jewish family, Donath graduated from...
- Signe Hasso
Shell Game (1975 TV movie) - Countess; The Black Bird (1975)...
- Vladimir Sokoloff
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Sokoloff (Russian: Влади́мир...
- Ludwig Donath
To the Ends of the Earth is the title given to a trilogy of nautical, relational novels— Rites of Passage (1980), Close Quarters (1987), and Fire Down Below (1989)—by British author William Golding. Set on a former British man-of-war transporting migrants to Australia in the early 19th century, the novels explore themes of class and man's ...
Release. 6 July. ( 2005-07-06) –. 20 July 2005. ( 2005-07-20) To the Ends of the Earth is a three-part BBC television miniseries adaptation of the trilogy of novels of the same name by William Golding. It premiered in the United Kingdom on BBC Two in July 2005, and in the United States on PBS as part of Masterpiece Theatre in October 2006.
- Period Drama
To the Ends of the Earth: Directed by Robert Stevenson. With Dick Powell, Signe Hasso, Maylia, Ludwig Donath. After witnessing an incident on a foreign ship off California coast, a U.S. Treasury agent aboard a Coast Guard vessel decides to further investigate the matter by following a crime trail leading to China, Egypt, Lebanon and Cuba.
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- Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller
- Robert Stevenson
- 1948-02-27
Based on the files of the United States Department of Treasury, Commissioner Michael Barrows is an American Government Agent who is in Shanghai on narcotics business. While on board a police boat he notices a ship heading to Shanghai quickly. The Captain of the ship, the Kira Maru, panics and ruthlessly sends 100 Chinese slaves to a watery death.
To the Ends of the Earth marked the film debut of Maylia, formerly known as Gloria Chinn, who was the wife of Chinese actor Benson Fong. Although a studio publicity item dated August 4, 1947 reported that Dick Powell's personal houseboy, Dick Watanabe, was set for a role in the picture, his appearance in the released film has not been confirmed.
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Utterly polished piece of adult crime drama film making. To The Ends of the Earth is directed by Robert Stevenson and written by Jay Richard Kennedy. It stars Dick Powell, Signe Hasso, Maylia, Ludwig Donath and Vladimir Sokoloff. Music is by George Duning and cinematography by Burnett Guffey.
