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The Long Voyage Home

The Long Voyage Home (1940)

Drama, War | United States

Director: John Ford

BBC2 | Saturday, 9 July 2016 | 06:00

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Saturday, 9 July 2016 06:00

Sunday, 17 February 2013 06:00

Rating: 7.0/10

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SYNOPSIS

A cargo ship sets off on a journey from the West Indies to Baltimore then on to Britain during the Second World War. The sailors find the transatlantic crossing a tense experience, as they deal with a dangerous cargo of explosives and a new recruit whom they fear may be a German spy. Drama, starring John Wayne and Thomas Mitchell.

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Writer: Eugene O'Neill, Dudley Nichols

RUNTIME: 105 min

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