The Long Voyage Home

The Long Voyage Home
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJohn Ford
Screenplay byDudley Nichols
Based onThe Moon of the Caribees
In the Zone
Bound East for Cardiff
The Long Voyage Home
by Eugene O'Neill
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyGregg Toland
Edited bySherman Todd
Music byRichard Hageman
Production
companies
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
  • October 8, 1940 (1940-10-08)
(New York City)[1][2]
Running time
105 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$682,495[3]
Box office$580,129[3]

The Long Voyage Home is a 1940 American drama film directed by John Ford. It stars John Wayne, Thomas Mitchell and Ian Hunter. It features Barry Fitzgerald, Wilfrid Lawson, John Qualen, Mildred Natwick, and Ward Bond, among others.

The film was adapted by Dudley Nichols from the plays The Moon of the Caribbees, In the Zone, Bound East for Cardiff, and The Long Voyage Home by Eugene O'Neill. The original plays by Eugene O'Neill were written around the time of World War I and were among his earlier plays. Ford set the story for the motion picture, however, during the early days of World War II.[4]

While not one of Ford's best-known works, The Long Voyage Home continues to be well received. Film critics and scholars have noted Gregg Toland's distinctive cinematography, which serves as a precursor of the film noir aesthetic[5] and hinted at his work for Orson Welles' film Citizen Kane (1941).

  1. ^ Doss, Erika (1991). Benton, Pollock, and the Politics of Modernism: From Regionalism to Abstract Expressionism. University of Chicago Press. p. 243. ISBN 9780226159430.
  2. ^ "The Broadway Parade". Film Daily. New York: Wid's Films and Film Folk, Inc.: 2 October 7, 1940.
  3. ^ a b Matthew Bernstein, Walter Wagner: Hollywood Independent, Minnesota Press, 2000 p440
  4. ^ Steeman, Albert. Internet Encyclopedia of Cinematographers, "Gregg Toland page," Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 2007. Last accessed: January 18, 2008.
  5. ^ Doss, p. 250