Victory (1940)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

John Cromwell

Writers:

John L. Balderston (writer)
Joseph Conrad (novel)

Release Date:

21 December 1940 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure

Plot:

A hermit's idyllic life on an island is disturbed by the arrival of a bunch of cutthroats. |

Plot Keywords:

Remake | One Word Title | Based On Novel

Cast

Fredric March	...	Hendrik Heyst
Betty Field	...	Alma
Cedric Hardwicke	...	Mr. Jones
Jerome Cowan	...	Martin Ricardo
Sig Ruman	...	Mr. Schomberg
Margaret Wycherly	...	Mrs. Schomberg
Fritz Feld	...	Signor Makanoff
Lionel Royce	...	Pedro
Rafaela Ottiano	...	Madame Makanoff
Chester Gan	...	Wang
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sam Ash	...	Dutchman (uncredited)
Romaine Callender	...	Missionary (uncredited)
Luke Chan	...	Chinese Houseboy (uncredited)
Edward Fielding	...	Fetherston (uncredited)
Keith Hitchcock	...	Telegraph Man (uncredited)
Kenneth Hunter	...	Times Man (uncredited)
Roger Imhof	...	Captain Davidson (uncredited)
Gladden James	...	Customer (uncredited)
Alan Ladd	...	Heyst as an 18-year-old (uncredited)
Tommy Lee	...	Chinese Houseboy (uncredited)
Francis Pierlot	...	McKenzie (uncredited)
Gus Reed	...	Dutchman (uncredited)
John Rogers	...	Engineer (uncredited)
George Rosener	...	Dutch Clerk (uncredited)
Jack Winn	...	Bystander (uncredited)

Directed by
John Cromwell

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
John L. Balderston		writer
Joseph Conrad		novel

Produced by
Anthony Veiller	....	producer
William LeBaron	....	executive producer (uncredited)

Original Music by
Friedrich Hollaender		(as Frederick Hollander)

Cinematography by
Leo Tover

Film Editing by
William Shea

Art Direction by
Hans Dreier
Robert Usher

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Joseph C. Youngerman	....	assistant director (uncredited)

Sound Department
Gene Garvin	....	sound recordist
Hugo Grenzbach	....	sound mixer

Music Department
Charles Bradshaw	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
Leo Shuken	....	orchestrator (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Paramount Pictures

Distributors

• Paramount Pictures (1940) (USA) (theatrical)

Runtime:

79 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)

Certification:

Finland:S | Sweden:15

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden - 301 N. Baldwin Avenue, Arcadia, California, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since. However, because of legal complications, this particular title was not included in the original television package and may have never been televised.

Movie Connections:

Version of Dangerous Paradise (1930)

I want to see this film again

I read Conrad's Victory and thought it was a fantastic book then I saw the 1940's version of the film on British TV late one night and remember that being as true to the book as I could remember and also brilliant.

I read the book again on holiday in Bali the first time I'd been out of Europe and found it even better than the first time maybe because I was 20 odd years older.

I've always wanted to see the film again and wonder if it is available anywhere on DVD or to download.

Maybe its best remembered but I would love to see it again.