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The Long Voyage Home

- The Love of Women in Their Eyes... The Salt of the Sea in Their Blood!

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.

Release Date : 1940-11-16

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : United ArtistsWalter Wanger ProductionsArgosy Productions Corporation

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Ole Olsen

Original Name : John Wayne

Gender : Male

Character Name : Driscoll

Original Name : Thomas Mitchell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Smitty

Original Name : Ian Hunter

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cocky

Original Name : Barry Fitzgerald

Gender : Male

Character Name : Captain

Original Name : Wilfrid Lawson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Axel

Original Name : John Qualen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Freda

Original Name : Mildred Natwick

Gender : Female

Character Name : Yank

Original Name : Ward Bond

Gender : Male

Character Name : Donkeyman

Original Name : Arthur Shields

Gender : Male

Character Name : Davis

Original Name : Joe Sawyer

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bella

Original Name : Rafaela Ottiano

Gender : Female

Character Name : Johnny

Original Name : Jack Pennick

Gender : Male

Character Name : Second Mate

Original Name : Douglas Walton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Joe

Original Name : Billy Bevan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bumboat Girl

Original Name : Judith Linden

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dock Policeman

Original Name : James Flavin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mr. Clifton

Original Name : Lionel Pape

Gender : Male

Character Name : British Naval Officer

Original Name : Wyndham Standing

Gender : Male

Character Name : Black Cook on Glencairn

Original Name : Blue Washington

Gender : Male

Character Name : Amindra First Mate

Original Name : Harry Woods

Gender : Male

Character Name : Crimp

Original Name : J.M. Kerrigan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Principal Spanish Girl

Original Name : Carmen Morales

Gender : Female

Character Name : Paddy

Original Name : Bob Perry

Gender : Male

Character Name : Norway

Original Name : Constant Franke

Gender : Male

Character Name : Scotty

Original Name : David Hughes

Gender : Male

Character Name : Big Frank

Original Name : Constantine Romanoff

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tim

Original Name : Danny Borzage

Gender : Male

Character Name : Max

Original Name : Harry Tenbrook

Gender : Male

Character Name : First Mate

Original Name : Cyril McLaglen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Elizabeth

Original Name : Mary Carewe

Gender : Male

Character Name : Limehouse Roustabout

Original Name : Bing Conley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bumboat Girl

Original Name : Bing Conley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Kate

Original Name : Jane Crowley

Gender : Female

Character Name : Bumboat Girl

Original Name : Carmen D'Antonio

Gender : Female

Character Name : Blind Man

Original Name : Lowell Drew

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bumboat Girl

Original Name : Soledad Gonzales

Gender : Male

Character Name : London Policeman

Original Name : Guy Kingsford

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bumboat Girl

Original Name : Tina Menard

Gender : Female

Character Name : Captain of the Amindra

Original Name : Art Miles

Gender : Male

Character Name : Smitty's Daughter

Original Name : Luanne Robb

Gender : Male

Character Name : Limehouse Roustabout

Original Name : Ky Robinson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Meg

Original Name : Maureen Roden-Ryan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dock Policeman

Original Name : Lee Shumway

Gender : Male

Character Name : London Policeman

Original Name : Leslie Sketchley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Smitty's Son

Original Name : Roger Steele

Gender : Male

Character Name : Seaman

Original Name : Sammy Stein

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2025-01-15

John Wayne takes on the mantle of a Swedish sailor embarked on a freighter carrying a cargo of high explosives from the USA to the UK at that start of WWII. His "Olsen" character is maybe the most stable of the crew aboard the vessel as at least he has an home and an elderly mother to go home to. Just about everyone else on the ship is truly rudderless. They live their lives staving of the peril and the loneliness by drinking as much rum as they can lay their hands on and availing themselves of any ladies who will deign to come aboard. It's a tight community and though they fight and bicker, sometimes quite violently, they do look out for each other. They are led, after a fashion, by the wily "Driscoll" (Thomas Mitchell) but there is also Ward Bond, Barry Fitzgerald and Ian Hunter amongst their number who also have to deal with a gamut of emotions not often portrayed by men in Hollywood movies. There's a prevailing humanity in this John Ford adventure that's not so much an action on the high seas story as a psychological analysis of just how permanently toxic conditions can affect the mind sets of even the strongest of characters - and, let's face it, none of these men are exactly that! It also delivers quite a salutary lesson in just what constitutes masculinity in the face of prolonged uncertainty and is entirely devoid of any semblance of romance - unless you count Mildred Natwick's duplicitous "Freda" towards to end! It's quite a thoughtful piece that's maybe not quite what you'd expect.