| Man from Frisco | |
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| Directed by | Robert Florey |
| Written by | Arnold Manoff (screenplay) George Worthing Yates (story) |
| Produced by | Albert J. Cohen |
| Cinematography | Jack A. Marta |
| Edited by | Ernest J. Nims |
| Distributed by | Republic Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $750,000[1] |
Man from Frisco (1944) is aUnited Statesfeature-lengthspy andwar film byRepublic Pictures directed byRobert Florey and starringMichael O'Shea (1906–1973) andAnne Shirley.
Matt Braddock is acivil engineer during theSecond World War who has new ideas for shipbuilding. Braddock tries to establish yards for building prefabricated ships on theWest Coast, but he is hindered by the former superintendent of the shipyard, Joel Kennedy.
A disappointed lover fails to deliver an important message on welds and it leads to the collapse of a new ship'ssuperstructure and the death of a boy.[2]
The subject of the film shows some degree of wartime propaganda. The lead character is said to be based on the real-lifeHenry J. Kaiser, and the film is set in theKaiser Shipyards. Like the laterBetrayal from the East (1945),Man from Frisco included actual radio reports of the negotiations with the Japanese before theirattack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941.
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