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1928 · FILM

Across to Singapore

“A boy and a girl---alone against a ship full of mutineers. High adventure on the high seas, with the great star of romance leading the way.”

Directed by
William Nigh
Written by
Ben Ames Williams, Ted Shane
Color
Black & White
Runtime
85 min
CrimeDramaRomance

Synopsis

While Joel and his older ship's captain brother Mark are at sea, the latter is abandoned in Singapore by devious ship's mate Finch who, upon their return, convinces the townspeople that Joel abandoned his brother. Joel, determined to not only find Mark but to see justice done, returns the ship to Singapore.

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The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 16

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Ben LewisShot by John F Seitz

Box Office

1928 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 2.1× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$596K

Budget$290K
Worldwide gross$596K
break-even (2.5×)

Also known as

  • Pflicht und Liebede
  • La ruta de Singaporees
  • Un soir à Singapourfr
  • Amore e mareit

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