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The Long Voyage Home (1940)
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11 November 1940 (USA)
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Women ! the world passed by. more
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Aboard the freighter Glencairn, the lives of the crew are lived out in fear, loneliness, suspicion and cameraderie...
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Rescue
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Friendship
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Swede
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Munitions
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London England
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Nominated for 6 Oscars.
Another 1 win
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A sea tragedy, minus the iceberg
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | John Wayne | ... | Olsen |
 | Thomas Mitchell | ... | Driscoll |
| Ian Hunter | ... | Smitty |
| Barry Fitzgerald | ... | Cocky |
| Wilfrid Lawson | ... | Captain |
| John Qualen | ... | Axel |
| Mildred Natwick | ... | Freda |
| Ward Bond | ... | Yank |
| Arthur Shields | ... | Donkeyman |
| Joe Sawyer | ... | Davis (as Joseph Sawyer) |
| J.M. Kerrigan | ... | Crimp |
| Rafaela Ottiano | ... | Bella |
| Carmen Morales | ... | Principal Spanish Girl |
| Jack Pennick | ... | Johnny |
| Bob Perry | ... | Paddy (as Bob E. Perry) |
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105 min | Soviet Union:72 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)
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The first spoken dialogue occurs nearly five minutes into the film.
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Factual errors: Wilfrid Lawson's name is spelled Wilfred in the opening credits, but is spelled correctly in the end credits.
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Edited into Visions of Light (1992)
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Soundtrack:
When Irish Eyes Are Smiling
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This film is all that a film should be for it dictates that the human condition is in itself dramatic and tragic enough without exaggerated theatrics. This sea tragedy needs no iceberg. What it does contain is excellent cinematography by Gregg Toland, superb direction by John Ford and a superior script based on the plays of Eugene O'Neill. The drama developes simply from a ship being in the war zone during World War Two with a full cargo of ammunition and no escort or weapon for protection--just a twenty-five percent bonus for the crew. The acting is about as good as acting can be: Arthur Shields (as Donkey Man) and Thomas Mitchell (as Aloysius Driscoll) never waver in the characters they portray. They are, without question, so realistic that they live beyond the movie. In effect, they are more than characters on film, they are universal humans trying to make order out of chaos, even if they must create chaos to do so. The main character is the "Glencairn" itself, the ship in the film. Like Greek tragedy, it is the chorus about which the dramatic action occurs. The long voyage home for some of the characters goes on and on, but the long voyage for the "Glencairn" continues like so many other rust buckets. In World War Two, constant danger and possible disaster waited just outside every harbor.