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7.1/10   1,162 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Eugene O'Neill (plays)
Dudley Nichols (adaptation)
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Release Date:
11 November 1940 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
Women ! the world passed by. more
Plot:
Aboard the freighter Glencairn, the lives of the crew are lived out in fear, loneliness, suspicion and cameraderie... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 6 Oscars. Another 1 win more
User Comments:
A sea tragedy, minus the iceberg more (28 total)

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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Additional Details

Runtime:
105 min | Soviet Union:72 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The first spoken dialogue occurs nearly five minutes into the film. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: Wilfrid Lawson's name is spelled Wilfred in the opening credits, but is spelled correctly in the end credits. more
Movie Connections:
Edited into Visions of Light (1992) more
Soundtrack:
When Irish Eyes Are Smiling more

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A sea tragedy, minus the iceberg, 26 May 2000
10/10

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.

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