Disaster
Theatrical release poster
Directed byWilliam H. Pine
Screenplay byThomas Ahearn
Produced byWilliam H. Pine
William C. Thomas
StarringRichard Denning
Trudy Marshall
Damian O'Flynn
Will Wright
James Millican
Jack Lambert
CinematographyEllis W. Carter
Edited byHoward A. Smith
Music byHarry Lubin
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • December 3, 1948 (1948-12-03)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$200,000[1]

Disaster is a 1948 American drama film directed by William H. Pine and written by Thomas Ahearn. The film stars Richard Denning, Trudy Marshall, Damian O'Flynn, Will Wright, James Millican and Jack Lambert. The film was released on December 3, 1948, by Paramount Pictures.[2][3][4]

Plot

Murder suspect James Reid is pursued by Los Angeles police detective Dearborn to a construction site. After avoiding capture, James is hired under an alias by construction boss Pop Hansford, whose daughter Jerry helps run the business. James's skill at construction impresses the bosses, who ask worker Sam Payne to take the new man under his wing. Payne soon becomes jealous over Jerry's obvious romantic attraction to James.

Pop decides to fire James after a scaffolding accident nearly causes Payne's death, but he lends him money and reveals that Detective Dearborn had come around asking questions. James explains how he was falsely accused of his previous construction boss's murder after witnessing a welder, Frosty Davenport, flee the crime scene. Pop places an ad for a welder, hoping Frosty might apply for the job, which he does. An on-site accident leaves Pop pinned beneath a girder. James is able to save him, as well as to force a confession from Frosty and clear his name with the police.

Cast

References

  1. ^ "$750,000-$1,000,000 class held just right by Pine Thomas". Variety. 26 January 1949. p. 7.
  2. ^ "Disaster (1948) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved 2015-11-16.
  3. ^ Hal Erickson (2015). "Disaster - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on 2015-11-17. Retrieved 2015-11-16.
  4. ^ "Disaster". Afi.com. Retrieved 2015-11-16.

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Films directed by William H. Pine
Films of Pine-Thomas Productions
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