The Long Voyage Home
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Movie Reviews of The Long Voyage Home
Movie Review: GRIM, POWERFUL SAGA OF MERCHANT SEAMEN
Summary: 5 Stars
Based on four of Eugene O'Neill's one-act plays, director John Ford presents a magnificent portrayal of humanity at sea and its struggle to not only survive but remain civilized during the early stages of WWI. Wayne was cast as a young Swedish sailor, and Ford insisted that he employed an accent which Wayne resisted fearing he would appear comical. The resulting performance is one of Wayne's best: very reserved and effective as Ole Olsen, who's essentially a simple man. Mitchell is wonderful as the old salt, and Hunter is moving as the tortured seaman who has ruined his life on land. This was playwright O'Neill's favourite film and he wore out a print of the film Ford gave from watching it over and over!Movie Review: A forgetten Ford classic!
Summary: 4 Stars
This film is pure Ford. The murky sets remind me of "The Informer." And the cast is John Ford's famous stock company: Barry Fitzgerald, Mildred Natwick, John Qualen, Jack Pennick, Thomas Mitchell, and John Wayne. The story is based on a group of Eugene O'Neill one act plays about life on a merchant marine ship during wartime. The movie updated the story from O'Neill's WWI to the contemporary WWII. The actors drink, fight, cavort with loose women, fend off German attacks, and try to protect a naive, young Swedish sailor from being shanghaied.That naive, young Swede is played by none other than the Duke, John Wayne. Although Thomas Mitchell, just coming off his Academy Award winning role in Ford's "Stagecoach," is the star; the Duke is very good in his supporting role. Here he's not playing some larger than life hero who rides tall in the saddle; instead he is naive Ole Olson who just wants to go home to his mother's farm in Sweden. Anyone who believes that John Wayne "just played himself" will be in for a pleasant surprise with his performance in "The Long Voyage Home."
Movie Review: Another Ford Classic!
Summary: 5 Stars
Can you imagine John Wayne with a Swedish accent? Don't laugh, because his performance is better than you'd think. This is a touching and very entertaining film by the legendary director John Ford. The film is about life on a merchant vessel and how the crew deals with the fear of being hunted by the German navy and Air Force.