The Long Voyage Home
US (1940): Drama/War
Four one-acts by Eugene O'Neill add up to a gripping account of men thrown together by war facing danger from the enemy under the waves and from the raging sea itself. John Wayne portrays a young Swede gaining his sea legs and just trying to make it home so he can settle on a farm of his own. He's taken in hand by the Ford stock company -- Thomas Mitchell, Barry Fitzgerald, Ward Bond -- and together they weather a fatal storm, suspicions of treason, a strafing by enemy planes, and the equally hazardous shore leave. One of John Ford's finest, and that's saying plenty; O'Neill reportedly considered it the best adaptation of his work. Note the photography by Gregg Toland. (amctv.com)
6 nominations
· Best Picture 1940: John Ford, producer (Argosy-Wanger, UA)
· Writing (Screenplay) 1940: Dudley Nichols
· Cinematography (Black and White) 1940: Gregg Toland
· Film Editing 1940: Sherman Todd
· Music Scoring Awards (Original Score) 1940: Richard Hageman
· Special Effects 1940: R.T. Layton & R.O. Binger - Photographic, Thomas T. Moulton - Sound