The Long Voyage Home
by John Ford
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Actor: Barry Fitzgerald, Ian Hunter, John Wayne, Thomas Mitchell, Ward BondDirector: John Ford
Brand: Warner Brothers
Cinematographer: Gregg Toland
Producer: John Ford
Editor: Sherman Todd
Producer: Walter Wanger
Writer: Dudley Nichols
Writer: Eugene O'Neill
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); Spanish (Original Language); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 105 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-05-22
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Warner Home Video
Movie Reviews of The Long Voyage Home
Movie Review: The minds of men under stress, depicted by Eugene O'Neill
Summary: 4 Stars
Photographed by Gregg Toland, scripted by playwright Eugene O'Neill from four of his works and directed by the great John Ford, THE LONG VOYAGE HOME is not your standard naval/war movie.
Released during the early days of WWII, it's the story of a freighter crew's joys and their struggle for survival as the S.S. Glencairn plies treacherous enemy-infested waters of the North Atlantic. They travel unescorted with a load of ammunition bound for England. A crewman (Ian Hunter) is suspected of being a spy, but the accusations of others would lead to regrets all around. An after-hours carouse at a lowly portside tavern also has unexpected consequences.
When he speaks at all, John Wayne, fresh from his triumph with Ford in STAGECOACH (1939) (VHS) (DVD) uses a pronounced Swedish accent in his portrayal of Ole. Thomas Mitchell, who got the Oscar for that same film is most prominent here, as is Barry Fitzgerald. Of the half-dozen or so men we become acquainted with, nearly half are dead by story's end. Some of O'Neill's favorite plot devices (alcohol, depression, revelry, good and bad luck) are present, as is his expression of foreboding.
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After Ford created a series of short documentaries for the US government, he and John Wayne did a feature about PT boats and the Pacific war, with THEY WERE EXPENDABLE (1945). (VHS edition) (DVD edition)
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(7.1) The Long Voyage Home (1940) - John Wayne/Thomas Mitchell/Ian Hunter/Barry Fitzgerald/Wilfred Lawson/John Qualen/Mildred Natwick/Ward Bond (uncredited: Billy Bevan/James Flavin/Lee Shumway)
Summary of The Long Voyage Home
The merchant ship Glencairn rolls and shivers in the black North Atlantic. On board, her anxious crewmen search the sky for German planes. And hope they'll survive The Long Voyage Home. Director John Ford and screenwriter Dudley Nichols adapted four Eugene O'Neill one-acts into this compelling, lyrical look at men at sea that O'Neill considered his favorite of all his filmed works. As his sailors, Ford cast members of his so-called "Stock Company:" Thomas Mitchell, Barry Fitzgerald, Arthur Shields, Ward Bond, John Qualen and the star of the previous year's Stagecoach, John Wayne. As sunny, sweet-natured Ole Olsen, Wayne does winning work in an atypical role. Nominated for six Academy Awards?* incuding Best Picture, The Long Voyage Home is a journey to remember. Come aboard! Director John Ford and screenwriter Dudley Nichols adapted four Eugene O'Neill one-acts into this compelling, lyrical look at men at sea that O'Neill considered his favorite of all his filmed works. As his sailors, Ford cast members of his so-called "Stock Company:" Thomas Mitchell, Barry Fitzgerald, Arthur Shields, Ward Bond, John Qualen and the star of the previous year's Stagecoach, John Wayne. As sunny, sweet-natured Ole Olsen, Wayne does winning work in an atypical role. Nominated for six Academy Awards incuding Best Picture, The Long Voyage Home is a journey to remember. Come aboard!Eugene O'Neill loved this feature-length adaptation of his one-act sea plays, with intelligent bridging material written by Dudley Nichols and a final movement, both hellish and elegiac, appropriate to the onset of World War II. John Ford directed, in his more self-consciously arty vein (? la The Informer) but with no loss of power or passion. It's entirely fitting that the director shared his panel in the credits with cinematographer Gregg Toland, who had just shot The Grapes of Wrath for him in hard, dust-bowl sunlight and would next enter the labyrinth of Orson Welles's Citizen Kane; you'd be thrilled to have any frame of this film blown up and hanging on your wall.
The focus is on the working seamen aboard a merchant ship making its way from the Caribbean to New York harbor and then England, with dangerous cargo on the transatlantic leg. Thomas Mitchell (who had won a 1939 Oscar in Ford's Stagecoach) gives a career-best performance as Driscoll; Ian Hunter plays the enigmatic shipmate known only as "Smitty"; Ford regulars Barry Fitzgerald, John Qualen, Ward Bond, Arthur Shields, and Joseph Sawyer fill key roles; and the top-billed John Wayne contributes a surprisingly effective supporting performance as Ole, a gentle Swedish giant who really belongs on a farm somewhere. Although neglected in recent years--and seriously in need of restoration to do justice to its magnificent images--this movie has a permanent place of honor in one of the most amazing three-year creative streaks (throw in Young Mr. Lincoln, Drums Along the Mohawk, and How Green Was My Valley) any director ever had. --Richard T. Jameson
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