Two Yanks in Trinidad

1942 film by Gregory Ratoff

Sy Bartlett
Richard Carroll
Jack Henley
Harry Segall

Produced bySamuel BischoffStarring

Pat O'Brien
Brian Donlevy
Janet Blair
Roger Clark

CinematographyPhilip TannuraEdited byViola LawrenceMusic byJohn Leipold

Production
company

Columbia Pictures

Distributed byColumbia Pictures

Release date

March 26, 1942 (1942-03-26)

Running time

84 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

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

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

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

^ "Two Yanks in Trinidad". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. afi.com. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
^ Koszarski p.494

Bibliography

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.