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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their brooding, aloof shipmate, Smitty, of sending signals to the Nazis, but they discover that Smitty has really withdrawn in disgrace from his family and all those around him because of his alchoholism.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.

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'Wayne, John' was asked by director 'Ford, John' to play the part of Ole Olson, who happened to be Swedish. Wayne wasn't sure he could pull off the Swedish accent, and was worried that the audience would laugh. Ford persuaded Wayne to take the role.

Bound East for Cardiff opened in Provincetown, Massachusetts on 28 July 1916. In the Zone opened in New York on 31 October 1917. The Long Voyage Home opened in New York on 2 November 1917. The Moon of the Caribees opened in New York on 20 December 1918.

According to Life , the picture was filmed aboard the freighter the S.S. Munami at Wilmington Harbor, CA. The film marked the screen debut of stage actress Mildred Natwick. This was the first production of John Ford's Argosy Corp. Modern sources note that under his Fox contract, John Ford was allowed to make one feature per year outside the studio. To make this film, he and Walter Wanger set up Argosy. The next Argosy production was The Fugitive , made in 1947. The Long Voyage Home was nominated for the following Academy Awards: Best Black and White Cinematography, Best Film Editing, Best Original Score, Best Special Photographic Effects, Best Sound and Best Screenplay. It also was included in the National Board of Review 's "ten best" list of 1940.

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Released in United States Fall November 11, 1940

Released in United States November 1971

Based on the sea plays "Bound East For Cardiff", "In The Zone", "The Long Voyage Home" and "The Moon of the Caribees" by Eugene O'Neill.

Released in United States November 1971 (Shown at FILMEX: Los Angeles International Film Exposition (A Tribute to the American Cinema) November 4-14, 1971.)

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In the early day of World War II, the crew of English cargo ship the SS Glencairn -- including Swede Olsen (John Wayne), Englishman Smitty (Ian Hunter), American Yank (Ward Bond), and Irishmen Driscoll (Thomas Mitchell) and Cocky (Barry Fitzgerald) -- is sailing from the West Indies to Baltimore. Upon their arrival, their new cargo -- a load of dynamite -- puts the men ill at ease, as does the chance that there may be a Nazi spy on board and the general loneliness of seafaring.

Genre: Drama

Original Language: English

Director: John Ford

Producer: John Ford , Walter Wanger

Writer: Dudley Nichols

Release Date (Theaters): Nov 11, 1940  original

Release Date (Streaming): Oct 15, 2020

Runtime: 1h 44m

Distributor: United Artists

Production Co: Walter Wanger Productions, Inc., Argosy Pictures

Cast & Crew

Thomas Mitchell

Barry Fitzgerald

Wilfrid Lawson

Mildred Natwick

John Qualen

Arthur Shields

J. Warren Kerrigan

Dudley Nichols

Screenwriter

Walter Wanger

Richard Hageman

Original Music

Gregg Toland

Cinematographer

Sherman Todd

Film Editing

James Basevi

Art Director

Julia Heron

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A year before the United States entered WW2 (although it was already hot over in Europe) comes this adaptation of Eugene O'Neill's look at the lives of a crew of merchant seamen. John Ford uses many of his usual players, something of a theater company, and so the camaraderie of old hands working together permeates the work. John Wayne is listed as the star but that's not necessarily so. This is Thomas Mitchell's film, with Barry Fitzgerald co-starring, but its really a company work. Wayne is only in a supporting role as a Swedish crewman (and one of the worst Swedish accents in film history short of comedy, but the Duke is game and throws with all he has). It's a interesting tale in that, like the lives of the men portrayed, there is no real destination, only the going from port to port, dealing with the problems every voyage might present, little lost boys of the sea ... and so an undercurrent of sadness ... good storytelling.

Dreadfully dull tale featuring a very young John Wayne talking about probably the most boring cross Atlantic trip ever taken. Someone is a German spy on board and the audience doesn't care.

Story of a mixed bunch a merchant sailors. It's funny to hear John Wayne play a Swede. His accent is almost as bad as Jamie Lee Curtis's one in Trading Places, and that was on purpose. Thomas Mitchell is a character as always.

I really love this movie for being so completely unique and moody. The cinematography is absolutely breathtaking and the way John Ford manipulates the camera is completely revolutionary. This is from what I can tell one of the first anti-war messages for WWII, it's very direct and not overdone or sappy. This has great characters, an ensemble drama that should never be forgotten.

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• Language: English
• Release: October 9, 1940
• Duration: 105 min
• Genres: Action/Adventure, Drama, War

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The Long Voyage Home is a 1940 drama film directed by John Ford, starring John Wayne, Thomas Mitchell, and Ian Hunter. The film brings to life the story of a group of sailors aboard the British tramp steamer SS Glencairn, as they sail through treacherous waters during World War II. The movie features several vignettes that explore the lives of the diverse crew members who hail from different lands and cultures. The sailors are shown as a likeable and tightly knit group who rely on each other for support and camaraderie, as they journey towards their different destinations.

Thomas Mitchell plays the role of Driscoll, the most experienced member of the crew, who has served on the Glencairn for over 20 years. John Wayne plays Ole Olsen, a Swedish sailor who befriends his fellow sailors and falls in love with a girl named Freda (Mildred Natwick). Ian Hunter plays Smitty, a mysterious and philosophical character who keeps to himself and harbors a dark secret.

Throughout the voyage, the sailors face various challenges, including treacherous weather conditions, dangerous cargo, and enemy submarines. The film captures the danger, monotony, and isolation of life at sea during wartime.

One of the standout scenes in The Long Voyage Home is a drunken party sequence that takes place in a local tavern in the beginning of the film. The scene is masterfully shot, with Ford using light and shadow to create a moody and atmospheric setting. The scene serves to establish the camaraderie among the sailors, and sets up the emotional stakes for the rest of the film.

The cinematography in The Long Voyage Home is gorgeous, with Ford using sharp contrast and deep shadows to create a noir-ish aesthetic. The black and white photography captures the texture of the sailors' clothing and the weather-worn look of the ship's deck. The camera work is also innovative, with shots of the ship's interior and exterior serving to enhance the sense of confinement and isolation.

One of the unique features of The Long Voyage Home is its use of dialect and accent, which reflects the cultural backgrounds of the sailors. The script captures the nuances and rhythms of their different languages, creating a sense of authenticity and realism. This gives the characters depth and a sense of history, which serves to make the audience more invested in their fates.

The Long Voyage Home is a film about the human cost of war, and the sacrifices made by ordinary people caught up in the midst of it. It's a quieter and more introspective film than many of John Ford's other works, but it rewards close attention and rewards the viewer with a rich and nuanced portrayal of the human experience.

Overall, The Long Voyage Home is an eloquent and beautifully crafted film that resonates powerfully with its themes of struggle, sacrifice, and human resilience. The film is a testament to the skill of director John Ford and the talent of its ensemble cast, and it remains a classic of its genre to this day.

The Long Voyage Home is a 1940 drama with a runtime of 1 hour and 45 minutes. It has received mostly positive reviews from critics and viewers, who have given it an IMDb score of 6.9.

• Genres Drama War
• Cast John Wayne Thomas Mitchell Ian Hunter
• Director John Ford
• Release Date 1940
• MPAA Rating NR
• Runtime 1 hr 45 min
• Language English
• IMDB Rating 6.9   (4,861)

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The crew of the merchant ship Glencairn hope to survive a transatlantic crossing during World War II. Adapted from four Eugene O'Neill one-act plays.

John Wayne Thomas Mitchell Ian Hunter Barry Fitzgerald Wilfrid Lawson John Qualen Mildred Natwick Ward Bond Arthur Shields Joe Sawyer Rafaela Ottiano Jack Pennick Douglas Walton Billy Bevan Judith Linden James Flavin Lionel Pape Wyndham Standing Blue Washington Harry Woods J.M. Kerrigan Carmen Morales Bob Perry Constant Franke David Hughes Constantine Romanoff Danny Borzage Harry Tenbrook Cyril McLaglen Show All… Mary Carewe Bing Conley Jane Crowley Carmen D'Antonio Lowell Drew Soledad Gonzales Guy Kingsford Elena Martínez Tina Menard Art Miles Luanne Robb Ky Robinson Maureen Roden-Ryan Lee Shumway Leslie Sketchley Roger Steele Sammy Stein

Director Director

Assistant director asst. director.

Wingate Smith

Producers Producers

Walter Wanger John Ford

Writer Writer

Dudley Nichols

Original Writer Original Writer

Eugene O'Neill

Editor Editor

Sherman Todd

Cinematography Cinematography

Gregg Toland

Art Direction Art Direction

James Basevi

Set Decoration Set Decoration

Julia Heron

Composer Composer

Richard Hageman

United Artists Argosy Pictures Walter Wanger Productions

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08 oct 1940, theatrical limited, 16 nov 1940, 22 nov 1940, 01 jan 1941, 11 mar 1941, releases by country.

• Theatrical e 14
• Premiere NR New York City, New York
• Theatrical limited NR Chicago, Illinois
• Theatrical NR

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Review by theriverjordan ★★★★ 21

“The Long Voyage Home” is a gloriously photographed portrait of survival in the face of heroism. 

Director John Ford’s first film to touch upon the waters of the Second World War; “Voyage” arrived in theatres one year before America declared its involvement in the conflict. 

As Orson Welles would on “Citizen Kane,” Ford splits title card credit on “Voyage” with cinematographer Gregg Toland. It’s a well deserved concession to the DP’s essentiality to the success of “Voyage” as a film. Toland’s deepest of shadows and fog-darkened skies depict a world growing darker by the day. 

“Voyage” floats on the liminal plane of its own merchant marine ship; between nations and their quarrels — it carries a crew of men who…

Review by comrade_yui ★★★★★ 2

anticipates tarkovsky in the traversal of a 'Zone' through which the fordian company of disparate nationals, by inhabiting a suspended space of moral judgement (the land vs. sea motif), are able to reckon with their own individual failings and achieve a collective awakening to the political circumstances around them. ford links existential truth with historical truth, and places man within his own proto-mythic context; take a drink every time there's a drunken brawl in one of these films, ford loves that shit.

Review by 📀 Cammmalot 📀 ★★★★

Cinematic Time Capsule 1940 Marathon - Film #84

A starvation tub if ever I saw one… Rotten grub, work night and day, and your skull split open if you open your mouth,

John Ford’s Long Voyage Home is a bleak, dark and utterly gorgeous piece of work. An episodic weaving together of four one-act plays by Eugene O'Neill that explores the life of rough and tumble merchant ship sailors in the early days of World War II.

Thomas Mitchell completely owns this movie as the hot headed Driscoll who’ll cheerfully wallop ya one second, hug ya the next and then wallop ya again all for no reason. The final act in which the boy’s only goal is to get John…

Review by Jake Cole ★★★★½

A ghost ship movie, set against a terrible void as silver light bathes a lone boat in an ectoplasmic glow. Like most of the best Ford movies, plot is incidental and comes and goes like a tide, with bridging vignettes not so much replacing mythic cinematography with human revelation as bringing out the human contours of that iconography. Usually, this structure benefits Ford's sense of humor, but despite being a film in which John Wayne speaks with a Swedish accent and drunken sailors cavort around ports, rarely has a Ford film been so relentlessly bleak (only THEY WERE EXPENDABLE and THE INFORMER come to mind, from what I've seen so far). Death is foregrounded in this film and hangs over…

Review by MiguelFerreira ★★★★★

The greatest director who ever lived, filming, with a magnificent black and white director of photography, a story of men in the sea, those who never get old because land - and its issues - passes them by. Strong team work they do, while the mermaids sing. I won't forget this experience. Greatest movie ever made.

Review by Neil Bahadur ★★★★ 1

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

Ford at his bleakest is also Ford at his most boring? This is a great movie - a 5 for any other director certainly - but there is precious little to think through here, though the images are always astonishing. But I don't know if they are as illustrative as I once thought they were - I think Ford and Toland share a title card together because this is far more of a DP's film than anything else the guy made! Everything is direct, stated outright - the images are claustrophobic but do not necessarily accentuate what is happening on screen. Movie is best at it's ending, Bond's death scene, the letter reading and Wayne also getting shanghaied. But there is one moment which is frankly Ford at his very best - the quick shot of Smitty's children looking at his shipmates after his death. For me this is lower-tier Ford - but still a profound sadness.

Review by Channing Pomeroy ★★★★

I came for the cinematography and stayed for the characters. Gregg Toland shared a title card with John Ford as he would with Orson Wells the next year for Kane . His truly amazing B&W photography is the star of this ensemble piece. Shafts of light, foggy corridors, long shadows on wet cobblestones.

Ford is torpedoingly-bleak adapting O’Neill and channeling Conrad, and creating one of the finest and least romantic depictions of life at sea in the age of steam. Long Voyage Home is the ironic title about a farraginous crew shipping from the W. Indies to Britain with an explosive cargo. All you need to know about where the SS Glencairn sits in the hierarchy of sea-going vessels is that…

Review by Ziglet_mir ★★★

The port is inebriated tonight, Clouds are rolling in to dock, Into thought, Kicking a can or two all the while,

To manifest a greying light

It dresses the Ladies of the Sea, Their only company, As they drift away from home again. 

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Review by Jerry ★★★★½

"The boat looms as a kind of black id. Inside is a closed community, all male, sleeping, eating, living twelve in a room, in cages. Rather than women, what they crave is oblivion." -Tag Gallagher

Review by AD917 ★★★★ 2

John Ford spent his whole career painting portraits of communities. Whether it was the Welsh mining village in How Green Was My Valley , the town of Shinbone in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance , or the inhabitants of the stagecoach in... that one about the stagecoach. Ford’s greatest obsession was humanity’s ability to band together and make any environment, no matter how unforgiving, into a home. 

There are a lot of cliches about the concept of home: it’s where the heart is; there’s no place like it... you’ve heard them all. But maybe home is not just the place you grew up, or the place you’re happiest, but the place you’re drawn to—inexplicably, inextricably. As often as you try to…

Review by RanchoTuVu ★★★★½

Directed by John Ford and released in 1940, "The Long Voyage Home" was but a part of the role Hollywood would play in psychologically preparing the US for entering World War II. And, as everyone knows, these early-in-the-war films were some of the best propaganda films made, top-tier talent, outstanding cinematography, they were instrumental game-changers, outshining the flag wavers that came later of men in battle by portraying men reluctant to get involved and full of faults and petty defects. The crew on the steamer SS Glencairn is an assortment of nationalities, in which I imagine Ward Bond is an American but Thomas Mitchell and Barry Fitzgerald are Irish and Ian Hunter is a Brit, while the Duke himself, John…

Review by Schratzi ★★★★½ 2

THE SEARING LOVES AND PRIMITIVE HATREDS OF THE MEN WHO LIVE BY THE SEA !

Based on four short plays by Eugene O’Neill this is the best film ever about men at sea. It’s seldom mentioned among John Ford‘s classics, which is a shame. I think it’s one of his best, most personal and most moving works. If you believe in the ridiculous sales pitch above, though, you might be horribly disappointed, since the movie is worlds - or oceans - removed from Hollywood’s usual adventurous tales of the sea. Shot in highly expressionistic, high-contrast black-and-white by camera legend Gregg Toland, this feels more like a gloomy, fog-shrouded, almost abstract, visual poem come to life on screen. The movie had…

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John wayne (as olsen), thomas mitchell (as driscoll), ian hunter (as smitty), the long voyage home overview:.

The Long Voyage Home (1940) was a Drama - War Film directed by John Ford and produced by John Ford and Walter Wanger.

Four one-acts by O'Neill add up to a gripping account of men thrown together by war facing danger from the enemy under the waves and from the raging sea itself. Wayne portrays a young Swede gaining his sea legs and just trying to make it home so he can settle on a farm of his own. He's taken in hand by the Ford stock company - Mitchell, Fitzgerald, Bond - and together they weather a fatal storm, suspicions of treason, a strafing by enemy planes, and the equally hazardous shore leave. One of Ford's finest, and that's saying plenty; O'Neill reportedly considered it the best adaptation of his work. Note the photography by Toland.

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The Long Voyage Home Directed by John Ford Adapted for the screen by Dudley Nichols based on the “Four Seas” plays by Eugene O’Neill 1940/USA Argosy Pictures/Walter Wanger Productions First viewing/Streaming on Hulu Plus Alfred Hitchcock was not the only director with two Best Pi... Read full article

The Long Voyage Home

The Long Voyage Home (John Ford, 1940) Of the many John Ford films reviewed here, The Long Voyage Home is probably the most underrated so far. This masterpiece from Ford's most prolific period (The Grapes of Wrath, Stagecoach, Young Mr. Lincoln, Drums Along the Mohawk, How Green Was My Valley) d... Read full article

This forgotten gem stars John Wayne.? Based on four one-act plays by Eugene O’Neill, the film follows the lives of the sailors aboard a freighter ship.? They?re comrades and stick together through thick and thin, but at sea, loneliness and of fear enemy submarines come between them and make th... Read full article

The Long Voyage Home (1940, John Ford)

John Wayne gets first billing in The Long Voyage Home, but the picture really belongs to Thomas Mitchell, Ward Bond and Ian Hunter. The film’s a combination slash adaptation of four one-act plays–which is somewhat clear from the rather lengthy sequences tied together with shorter joining... Read full article

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• Kansas City Kansan Steve Crum Lesser John Ford, but still a haunting production.
• Sarasota Herald-Tribune Christopher Lloyd Less a plot-driven movie than a meandering look at the nomadic men who make their lives on the high seas for various reasons.
• Film Geek Central Austin Kennedy It's not the most focused and sustained movie, but the solid acting and elegant direction elevate this to another level. What could have been a routine melodrama ends up being quite a classy production.
• EmanuelLevy.Com Emanuel Levy Shot by master cinematographer Gregg Toland, this is one of John Ford's most visually expressive film, one that also features the young John Wayne in a strong performance
• Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Dennis Schwartz Mainly noted for the quality innovative photography done by cinematographer Gregg Toland.
• Goatdog's Movies Michael W. Phillips, Jr. Features beautiful cinematography by Gregg Toland, no-frills direction by [John] Ford, and a great cast.
• New Yorker Pauline Kael One of the finest of all the movies that deal with life at sea, and one of the most successful of all attempts to put Eugene O'Neill on film ...
• Tampa Bay Times Marion Aitchison The picture is splendidly directed and boasts some unusual photography. The cast is a fine one with Thomas Mitchell, John Wayne, John Qualen and Ian Hunter giving especially impressive performances.
• California Eagle John Kinloch Performances are uniformly excellent, Mitchell topping everything he has ever done in motion-pictures. Ian Hunter and John Wayne are brilliant.
• Combustible Celluloid Jeffrey M. Anderson An eerily beautiful wartime film.
• Crooked Marquee Sean Burns An achingly beautiful movie.
• Slant Magazine Derek Smith Adapted by Dudley Nichols from four of Eugene O'Neill's one-act plays, the film is deeply concerned with the threshold between land and sea.

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Mexican American Sports Drama ‘The Long Game’ to Screen at the White House

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In association with Washington D.C. nonprofit the Hispanic Heritage Foundation, the Mexican American golf drama “The Long Game” will screen at the White House April 9, just ahead of its April 12 release date. Director and co-writer Julio Quintana and cast members Jay Hernandez, Cheech Marin, Julian Works and Paulina Chávez will be in attendance along with Lupe Felan, one of the caddies upon which the story is based.

Based on the the book “Mustang Miracle” by Humberto G. Garcia, “The Long Game” tells the true story of five young Mexican American caddies who founded their own golf course in the middle of South Texas brush country, and despite all odds, went on to win the 1957 Texas State High School Golf Championship. Staring alongside Hernandez, Marin and Ortiz are Dennis Quaid, Julian Works, Paulina Chavez, Brett Cullen and Oscar Nuñez.

“‘The Long Game’ is a must-see film about the perseverance and resilience of young Mexican American trailblazers in a South Texas border town,” said Congressman Joaquin Castro. “This movie is a powerful counter-narrative to harmful portrayals of Latinos in film and a shining example of the empowering stories that Latino advocates have long urged Hollywood to tell. Congratulations to Mucho Mas Media and the talented Latino creators behind ‘The Long Game’ for this landmark accomplishment.”

“Mucho Mas Media is grateful and honored to have our film, ‘The Long Game,’ be showcased at the White House. We want to thank the Biden Administration, the Hispanic Heritage Foundation, as well as U.S. Congressman Castro and U.S. Congressman Gomez for their support,” added Vincent Cordero and Javier Chapa, co-CEOs of Mucho Mas Media.

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