The Tunnel
GB's Eight Star Special
1935 | 94m | English
Popularity: 0.5 (history)
| Director: | Maurice Elvey |
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| Writer: | Bernhard Kellermann |
| Staring: |
| An engineer leads the building of a trans-Atlantic tunnel linking Britain and the United States. | |
| Release Date: | Oct 27, 1935 |
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| Director: | Maurice Elvey |
| Writer: | Bernhard Kellermann |
| Genres: | Science Fiction |
| Keywords | remake, transatlantic, tunnel |
| Production Companies | Gaumont-British Picture Corporation |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 (Update) Entered: Apr 25, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Richard Dix | Richard 'Mack' McAllan |
| Leslie Banks | Frederick 'Robbie' Robbins |
| Madge Evans | Ruth McAllan |
| Helen Vinson | Varlia Lloyd |
| C. Aubrey Smith | Lloyd |
| Basil Sydney | Mostyn |
| Henry Oscar | Grellier |
| Hilda Trevelyan | Mary |
| Cyril Raymond | Harriman |
| Jimmy Hanley | Geoffrey McAllan |
| George Arliss | Prime Minister of Great Britain |
| Walter Huston | President of the United States |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Maurice Elvey | Director |
| Curt Siodmak | Screenstory |
| Marianne | Wardrobe Designer |
| Bernhard Kellermann | Novel |
| L. du Garde Peach | Scenario Writer |
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Richard Dix is visionary engineer "Richard McAllan" who manages to convince a group of investors to support his plans for a transatlantic tunnel linking the UK and the USA. Immediately, all of my claustrophobic genes kicked in - that's about 4,000 miles of reinforced concrete at an average depth of ... 11,000 feet - no, I'd sooner embark of a flying tube travelling 35,000 feet in the air at 700 mph! Anyway, what follows is a clever piece of industrial leisure de main, amidst an environment of dealing and double-dealing; betrayal - and, of course - the obligatory romances (Madge Evans and Helen Vinson) which I thought rather distracted from the quite forward-looking storyline. Clearly, we don't have one of these tunnels, so there is little jeopardy as to what happens in the end - but the story is quite well paced; with shades - I though - of Metropolis (1927) about it. The acting isn't really up to much, and it does run a bit too much to sentiment - but Leslie Banks and C. Aubrey Smith add a little weight to it, and I found it surprisingly engaging 85 years on...