Twilight for the Gods

Twilight for the Gods is a 1958 American Eastmancolor adventure film directed by Joseph Pevney and starring Rock Hudson and Cyd Charisse.[2] 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 is 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.

Twilight for the Gods
Original poster (1958) by Reynold Brown
Directed byJoseph Pevney
Written byErnest K. Gann
Based onTwilight for the Gods by Ernest K. Gann
Produced byGordon Kay
StarringRock Hudson
Cyd Charisse
Arthur Kennedy
CinematographyIrving Glassberg
Edited byTony Martinelli
Music byDavid Raksin
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • August 6, 1958 (1958-08-06)
Running time
120 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1.6 million[1]

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.[3] 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.[3]

Cast

References
  1. "Top Grossers of 1958". Variety. 7 January 1959. p. 48. Please note figures are for US and Canada only and are domestic rentals accruing to distributors as opposed to theatre gross
  2. "Twilight for the Gods (1958)". IMDb. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
  3. Gann, Ernest K. (1956). Twilight for the Gods (1st ed.). New York: William Sloane Associates. ISBN 1135307490.


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