The Long Voyage Home (1940)

The Long Voyage Home (1940) (Blu-Ray) (*)

$23.99

Screened, competed or awarded at:
Oscar Academy Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Dolby Linear PCM )
English ( Mono )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
105 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Commentary
Featurette
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White
Remastered

Movie filmed in 1940 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
John Ford

Written By:
Eugene O'Neill
Dudley Nichols

Actors:
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
J.M. Kerrigan ..... Crimp
Rafaela Ottiano ..... Bella
Carmen Morales ..... Principal Spanish Girl
Jack Pennick ..... Johnny
Bob Perry ..... Paddy

Synopsis:

John Ford welded four of Eugene O'Neill's one-act plays about the sea, Bound East for Cardiff, The Long Voyage Home, The Zone, and Moon of the Caribees, into this melancholy film about wayfaring seamen, changing the setting from the turn of the century to WWII. This was O'Neill's favorite of the films based on his work, and he watched it often enough to eventually wear out his print. After a night of revelry in the West Indies, the crew of the SS Glencairn return to the tramp steamer and set sail for Baltimore. They're a varied lot, from middle-aged Irishman Driscoll (Thomas Mitchell), to the young Swedish ex-farmer Ole Olsen (John Wayne), to the brooding Lord Jim-like Englishman Smitty (Ian Hunter). After the ship picks up a load of dynamite in Baltimore, the rough seas they encounter become especially nerve-racking to the crew, who are also concerned that Smitty might be a German spy.

The film tells the story of the crew aboard an English cargo ship named the SS Glencairn, during World War II, on the long voyage home from the West Indies to Baltimore and then to England. The ship carries a cargo of high-explosives. On liberty, after a night of drinking in bars in the West Indies, the crew returns to the tramp steamer and set sail for Baltimore. They're a motley group: a middle-aged Irishman Driscoll (Thomas Mitchell), a young Swedish ex-farmer Ole Olsen (John Wayne), the spiteful steward Cocky (Barry Fitzgerald); the brooding Lord Jim-like Englishman Smitty (Ian Hunter), and others. After the ship picks up a load of dynamite in Baltimore, the rough seas they encounter become nerve-racking to the crew...

Aboard the freighter Glencairn, the lives of the crew are lived out in fear, loneliness, suspicion and cameraderie. The men smuggle drink and women aboard, fight with each other, spy on each other, comfort each other as death approaches, and rescue each other from danger.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 10 May, 2024.