The Long Voyage Home (1940)
3.6 of 5 from 56 ratings
1h 45min
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- Synopsis:
- The crew of the SS Glencairn, composed by lonely men, need to transport explosive ammunition from the United States to London, in the beginning of World War II. Along their journey, drunkenness, fights, suspicion, deaths, and trouble caused by the German planes, fill their lives. Only Ole Olsen (John Wayne) wants to change his life, moving back home to Stockholm, Sweden.
- Actors:
- John Wayne, Thomas Mitchell, Ian Hunter, Barry Fitzgerald, Wilfrid Lawson, John Qualen, Mildred Natwick, Ward Bond, Arthur Shields, Joe Sawyer, J.M. Kerrigan, Rafaela Ottiano, Carmen Morales, Jack Pennick, Bob Perry
- Directors:
- John Ford
- Producers:
- John Ford, Walter Wanger
- Writers:
- Eugene O'Neill, Dudley Nichols
- Others:
- Sherman Todd, Gregg Toland, Richard Hageman, Thomas T. Moulton, R. O. Binger, R. T. Layton
- Aka:
- Eugene O'Neill's The Long Voyage Home
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Classics, Drama
- Collections:
- Award Winners, Ireland At the Oscars, Top 10 Best Picture Follow-Ups, Top Films
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Reviews (1) of The Long Voyage Home
One of his best - The Long Voyage Home review by LE
I can't believe how good this is. I'd not heard of it before it was sent to me so I anticipated a good Ford film but nothing stunning. I was wrong. It's so good it's almost a precursor to Citizen Kane. Lots of deep focus and expressionistic lighting. Gregg Toland was the cinematographer and you can tell he was fast on the road to doing the same job for Welles two years later. A good plot with complex nuanced characters. And a depiction of London as a truly scary pace. Plus a sad ending. Well worth your time.
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