John Ford's high seas drama set just as WWII begins, combining four Eugene O'Neill one-act plays. Story follows the adventures...
John Ford's high seas drama set just as WWII begins, combining four Eugene O'Neill one-act plays. Story follows the adventures of a tramp steamer and her crew, travelling from the West Indies to London with a cargo of high explosives. Features John Wayne, rather oddly playing an innocent Swedish farmer. Nominated for six 1941 Oscars.
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100 %13 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
70 %700 reviewsAudience score rating
"Typically Fordian, his direction accentuating characterizations and adventures of the voyage."
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Variety
Variety"Features Ford's usual mixture of romanticised cameraderie and courage, boisterous braggadocio and brawling, and banal homespun philosophy."
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Time Out
Time Out"Ford has truly fashioned a modern Odyssey—a stark and tough-fibered motion picture which tells with lean economy the never-ending story of man's wanderings over the waters of the world in search of peace for his soul."
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The New York Times
The New York TimesThe Long Voyage Home | Details
- Runtime
- 105
- Genre
- Drama, War
- Country of origin
- USA
