The Long Voyage Home is a 1940 American drama film directed by John Ford. It stars John Wayne, Thomas Mitchell and Ian Hunter.
Plot[]
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.
Cast[]
- John Wayne as Olsen
- Thomas Mitchell as Driscoll
- Ian Hunter as Smitty
- Barry Fitzgerald as Cocky
- Wilfrid Lawson as Captain
- John Qualen as Axel
- Mildred Natwick as Freda
- Ward Bond as Yank
- Arthur Shields as Donkeyman
- Joseph Sawyer as Davis
- J. M. Kerrigan as Crimp
- Rafaela Ottiano as Bella
- Carmen Morales as Principal Spanish Girl
- Jack Pennick as Johnny
- Bob E. Perry as Paddy
- Constant Frenke as Norway
- David Hughes as Scotty
- Constantine Romanoff as Big Frank
- Dan Borzage as Tim
- Harry Tenbrook as Max
- Cyril McLaglen as First Mate
- Douglas Walton as Second Mate
- Billy Bevan as Joe, the Limehouse Barman (uncredited)