The Long Voyage Home

The Long Voyage Home
The Long Voyage Home
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	John Ford
Screenplay by	Dudley Nichols
Based on	The Moon of the Caribees; In the Zone; Bound East for Cardiff; The Long Voyage Home; by Eugene O'Neill
Produced by	John Ford; Walter Wanger (uncredited);
Starring	John Wayne; Thomas Mitchell; Ian Hunter;
Cinematography	Gregg Toland
Edited by	Sherman Todd
Music by	Richard Hageman
Production; companies	Walter Wanger Productions; Argosy Corporation;
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date	October 8, 1940; (New York City)
Running time	105 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$682,495
Box office	$580,129

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).

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

[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.

[wagner-3] 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

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