Twilight for the Gods

Twilight for the Gods
Twilight for the Gods
	Original poster (1958) by Reynold Brown
Directed by	Joseph Pevney
Written by	Ernest K. Gann (novel and screenplay)
Produced by	Gordon Kay
Starring	Rock Hudson; Cyd Charisse
Cinematography	Irving Glassberg
Edited by	Tony Martinelli
Music by	David Raksin
Production; company	Universal Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	August 6, 1958;
Running time	120 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Twilight for the Gods is a 1958 American Eastmancolor adventure film directed by Joseph Pevney and starring Rock Hudson and Cyd Charisse.^[1] The story is based on the novel Twilight for the Gods by Ernest K. Gann (though the opening credits read "Written by Ernest K. Gann," implying it's an original screenplay rather than an adaptation). An underlying current in the book is about sailing ships with their long histories being replaced by modern steamers, which is what the title refers to--the end of an era for the square-sailed ships.

Plot[]

After being court-martialed and discharged from the Navy, Captain Bell (Rock Hudson) turns to drink. Reduced to skippering a rundown brigantine in the South Seas, he takes on board a disparate group of passengers and crew, including a prostitute, a show-biz entrepreneur, a missionary, a washed up opera singer, a couple of refugees, and a load of copra bound for Mexico.^[2] The ship springs a leak during a storm, and the true characters of all on board are revealed as the ship tries to make port in Honolulu before it sinks.^[2]

Cast[]

Rock Hudson - Capt. David Bell
Cyd Charisse - Mrs. Charlotte King aka Inez Leidstrom (professional escort accused of murder)
Arthur Kennedy - First Mate Ramsay
Leif Erickson - Harry Hutton, theatrical manager
Charles McGraw - Yancy
Ernest Truex - Reverend Butterfield, missionary
Richard Haydn - Oliver Wiggins, British playboy
Judith Evelyn - Ethel Peacock, vocalist with Hutton
Wallace Ford - Old Brown, shipmate
Vladimir Sokoloff - Feodor Morris, emigrant
Celia Lovsky - Ida Morris, emigrant
Robert Hoy - Keim
- Lott
Maurice Marsac - Shipping clerk
Virginia Gregg - Myra Pringle

References[]

^ "Twilight for the Gods (1958)". IMDb. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
^ ^a ^b Gann, Ernest K. (1956). Twilight for the Gods (1st ed.). New York: William Sloane Associates. ISBN 1135307490.

External links[]

Twilight for the Gods at IMDb

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[IMDb-1] "Twilight for the Gods (1958)". IMDb. Retrieved 28 November 2020.

[Twilight-2] Gann, Ernest K. (1956). Twilight for the Gods (1st ed.). New York: William Sloane Associates. ISBN 1135307490.

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