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6.9/10
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A merchant ship's crew tries to survive the loneliness of the sea and the coming of war.A merchant ship's crew tries to survive the loneliness of the sea and the coming of war.A merchant ship's crew tries to survive the loneliness of the sea and the coming of war.
- Nominated for 6 Oscars
- 3 wins & 7 nominations total
Wilfrid Lawson
- Captain
- (as Wilfred Lawson)
Joe Sawyer
- Davis
- (as Joseph Sawyer)
Constant Franke
- Norway
- (as Constant Frenke)
David Hillary Hughes
- Scotty
- (as David Hughes)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
- TriviaBarry Fitzgerald, who plays the character of Cocky, and Arthur Shields, who played Donkeyman, were brothers in real life. They also appeared together in director John Ford's The Quiet Man (1952).
- GoofsAt the beginning of the film, when Driscoll sneaks back to the ship, he jumps from a rowboat into the water and climbs up the anchor chain. The next time onscreen, he appears dry from head to toe.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Film Preview: Episode #1.2 (1966)
- SoundtracksBlow the Man Down
(uncredited)
Traditional
Played during the opening credits
Sung often by crewmen
Sung a cappella by J.M. Kerrigan
Variations played as part of the score
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A strange, episodic film about a group of seamen who are charged with transporting munitions from a tropical port to England to help the British war effort.
These men aren't in the military themselves, which puts them in a sort of limbo. Though their mission is driven by the war, and their lives will be in danger from German U-boats prowling the sea they have to pass through, the war itself is only a vague specter in their actual lives, which are much more concerned with personal emotions and motives: homesickness being the primary one. The movie could serve as a representation for America as a country at the time of the film's release -- not directly involved in a war that one way or another was going to have a huge impact on it regardless.
John Ford gives the film a melancholy and even rather eerie vibe, helped in no small part by Gregg Toland's cinematography. But I can't say I ever really warmed to the film. Its episodic nature starts to feel monotonous after a while. We just start to learn something about a character and then the narrative moves along to yet another long drunken fistfight. Something about the movie remains deeply unsatisfying, even if one can appreciate the artistry that went into it.
John Wayne is now given top billing for this film, but he's part of a large ensemble cast without a real star. And oh my goodness, no one should have asked him to try a Swedish accent.
"The Long Voyage Home" was nominated for six Oscars, though it went home empty handed: Outstanding Production, Best Screenplay (Dudley Nichols), Best Cinematography (B&W), Best Film Editing (Sherman Todd), Best Original Score (Richard Hageman), and Best Special Effects (R.T. Layton, R.O. Binger, and Thomas T. Moulton).
Grade: B
These men aren't in the military themselves, which puts them in a sort of limbo. Though their mission is driven by the war, and their lives will be in danger from German U-boats prowling the sea they have to pass through, the war itself is only a vague specter in their actual lives, which are much more concerned with personal emotions and motives: homesickness being the primary one. The movie could serve as a representation for America as a country at the time of the film's release -- not directly involved in a war that one way or another was going to have a huge impact on it regardless.
John Ford gives the film a melancholy and even rather eerie vibe, helped in no small part by Gregg Toland's cinematography. But I can't say I ever really warmed to the film. Its episodic nature starts to feel monotonous after a while. We just start to learn something about a character and then the narrative moves along to yet another long drunken fistfight. Something about the movie remains deeply unsatisfying, even if one can appreciate the artistry that went into it.
John Wayne is now given top billing for this film, but he's part of a large ensemble cast without a real star. And oh my goodness, no one should have asked him to try a Swedish accent.
"The Long Voyage Home" was nominated for six Oscars, though it went home empty handed: Outstanding Production, Best Screenplay (Dudley Nichols), Best Cinematography (B&W), Best Film Editing (Sherman Todd), Best Original Score (Richard Hageman), and Best Special Effects (R.T. Layton, R.O. Binger, and Thomas T. Moulton).
Grade: B
- evanston_dad
- Feb 12, 2017
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- Also known as
- Eugene O'Neill's The Long Voyage Home
- Filming locations
- Los Angeles Harbor, Wilmington, Los Angeles, California, USA(scenes on S.S. Munami)
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- Budget
- $682,495 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 45 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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