The Long Voyage Home
by John Ford
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Actor: Barry Fitzgerald, Ian Hunter, John Wayne, Thomas Mitchell, Wilfrid LawsonDirector: John Ford
Brand: Warner Brothers
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: A merchant ship''s crew tries to survive the loneliness of the sea and the coming of war.
Summary: 3 Stars
On the long voyage home from the West Indies to Baltimore and then to England, the British tramp steamer the Glencairn takes aboard a cargo of munitions, a circumstance which turns the natural complaining of the crew into a case of genuine fear. Those fears are realized when a heavy gale tests the mettle of the ship and in the storm, mountainous waves hurtle the sailor Yank to the seething deck, thus bringing him to his death as his shipmates, Ole Olson and Driscoll, watch helplessly. As they approach land, the crew begins to suspect their brooding, aloof shipmate, Smitty, of sending signals to the Nazis, but they discover that Smitty has really withdrawn in disgrace from his family and all those around him because of his alchoholism. This revelation forces Smitty to resolve to return to his wife and children, but the reunion is tragically doomed when a Nazi plane swoops down from the skies off England and Smitty is killed in the attack. Safely in port after their harrowing crossing, the crew channel their energies into making sure that Ole leaves the sea to return to his aged mother in Sweden, but after bidding his friends farewell, Ole is shanghaied aboard the Amindra . Rescued by Driscoll and his other mates, Ole's voyage ends happily. Not so for Driscoll, because in the rescue he is taken prisoner and sails off aboard the Amindra in Ole's place. As the remaining seafarers return to the Glencairn to resume their long journey, they learn that Driscoll perished aboard the Amindra when the ship was sunk by a torpedo.
Summary of The Long Voyage Home
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
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!Running Time: 105 min.System Requirements:Run Time: 105 minsFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA UPC: 085391158615 Manufacturer No: 115861
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