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Director:
John Ford
Writers:
Eugene O'Neill (plays)
Dudley Nichols (adaptation)
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Release Date:
11 November 1940 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | War more
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
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Awards:
Nominated for 6 Oscars. Another 1 win more
User Comments:
Splendid Ford movie about a crew members aboard a merchant steamer attempting to get home during 1939s more (28 total)

Cast

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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)
Constant Franke ... Norway (as Constant Frenke)
David Hughes ... Scotty
Constantine Romanoff ... Big Frank
Danny Borzage ... Tim (as Dan Borzage)
Harry Tenbrook ... Max
Cyril McLaglen ... First Mate
Douglas Walton ... Second Mate
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Billy Bevan ... Joe, Limehouse Barman (uncredited)
Mary Carewe ... Elizabeth, Smitty's Wife (uncredited)
Bing Conley ... Limehouse Roustabout (uncredited)
Lita Cortez ... Bumboat Girl (uncredited)
Jane Crowley ... Kate (uncredited)
Carmen D'Antonio ... Bumboat Girl (uncredited)
Lowell Drew ... Blind Man (uncredited)
James Flavin ... Dock Policeman (uncredited)
Soledad Gonzales ... Bumboat Girl (uncredited)
Guy Kingsford ... London Policeman (uncredited)
Judith Linden ... Bumboat Girl (uncredited)
Elena Martínez ... Bumboat Girl (uncredited)
Tina Menard ... Bumboat Girl (uncredited)
Art Miles ... Captain of the Amindra (uncredited)
Lionel Pape ... Mr. Clifton (uncredited)
Luanne Robb ... Smitty's Daughter (uncredited)
Ky Robinson ... Limehouse Roustabout (uncredited)
Maureen Roden-Ryan ... Meg (uncredited)
Lee Shumway ... Dock Policeman (uncredited)
Leslie Sketchley ... London Policeman (uncredited)
Wyndham Standing ... British Naval Officer (uncredited)
Roger Steele ... Smitty's Son (uncredited)
Sammy Stein ... Seaman (uncredited)
Blue Washington ... Black cook on Glencairn (uncredited)
Harry Woods ... Amindra 1st mate - signals to Shanghai (uncredited)
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Directed by
John Ford 
 
Writing credits
Eugene O'Neill (plays "The Moon of the Caribees", "In The Zone", "Bound East for Cardiff" and "The Long Voyage Home")

Dudley Nichols (adaptation)

Produced by
John Ford .... producer
Walter Wanger .... producer (uncredited)
 
Original Music by
Richard Hageman 
 
Cinematography by
Gregg Toland 
 
Film Editing by
Sherman Todd 
 
Art Direction by
James Basevi 
 
Set Decoration by
Julia Heron 
 
Production Management
James Dent .... production manager (uncredited)
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Wingate Smith .... assistant director (uncredited)
 
Sound Department
Jack Noyes .... sound
Robert Parrish .... sound editor (uncredited)
 
Special Effects by
Ray Binger .... special effects (as R.O. Binger)
R.T. Layton .... special effects
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Ned Scott .... still photographer (uncredited)
 
Music Department
Edward Paul .... conductor
 
Other crew
Lowell J. Farrell .... production assistant (as Lowell Farrell)
Bernard McEveety .... production assistant (as B.F. McEveety)
Wingate Smith .... production assistant
Bob Burkhardt .... unit publicist (uncredited)
 
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
105 min | Soviet Union:72 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | Spanish
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)
Certification:
West Germany:12 (f) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | USA:Approved (PCA #6410)
Filming Locations:
Los Angeles Harbor, Wilmington, Los Angeles, California, USA more
Company:
Argosy Pictures more

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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Splendid Ford movie about a crew members aboard a merchant steamer attempting to get home during 1939s, 16 December 2008
7/10
Author: ma-cortes from Santander Spain

The talented cast act this excellent screen rendition of Eugene O'Neill's play (it's adapted from three of his one-act plays)about crew sailors aboard a freighter steamer called Glencairn carrying charge containing war-smuggling,TNT, explosives from US to England, at the beginning WWII. The crew talk and contend each other but also save each other from bombing and risks. At the ending terminates with epilogue saying :'Some men like Ole and the Driscolls come a and go and the others live and die and the Yanks and Smittys leave their memories- but for the others the long voyage never ends'.

This dramatic film is a classic Ford displaying his usual themes as strong factor in many films, as emotionalism, partnership, friendship and unlovable camaraderie between the sailors. However looks over-melodramatic during the reading letters from Smittys.The sailors show a nostalgic longing for things past and old values and own home: Sweden,Ireland, England. Straightforward acting by John Wayne as a Swedish sailor named Ole , he was to star habitually for Ford after the director rose his career from B Western in Poverty Row productions, with his greatest hit, 'Stagecoach'. There's magnificent secondary cast playing the seamen, as Thomas Mitchell as a sympathetic sailor, Ian Hunter as the drunk and unbalanced Smittys, Barry Fitzgerald as the humorous cooker,Mildred Natwick as a swindler prostitute, Rafaela Ottiano as a tropical woman, Jack Pennick, a Ford's usual, among others. Descriptive, evocative black-and-white cinematography by Gregg Toland(Citizen Kane) plenty of lights and dark, reflecting loneliness, suspicion,frightening from crew and the smoky, greasy, sweaty atmosphere from merchant ship. The picture belongs period when John Ford(1895-1973) made a rich variety of stories and his reputation rightly rests on his work in the 1940s, as ¨Grapes of wrath,How green was my valley,Fugitive,They were expendable, My darling Clementine¨and the Cavalry trilogy: ¨Fort Apache, She wore a yellow ribbon, Rio Grande¨. Rating : Awesome, above average, a major triumph for Ford and Wayne.It's a must see from John Ford enthusiastic and John Wayne fans.

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