The Tunnel

1935

1h 34m

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5.3/10

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An engineer leads the building of a trans-Atlantic tunnel linking Britain and the United States.

Directors

Maurice Elvey

Writers

Bernhard Kellermann(novel by)

Curt Siodmak(screenstory by)

L. du Garde Peach(scenario writer by)

Stars

Richard Dix

Leslie Banks

Madge Evans

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Richard Dix

Richard 'Mack' McAllan

Leslie Banks

Frederick 'Robbie' Robbins

Ruth McAllan

Varlia Lloyd

Lloyd

Mostyn

Grellier

Mary

Harriman

Geoffrey McAllan

Prime Minister of Great Britain

Walter Huston

President of the United States

Directors

Maurice Elvey

Writers

Bernhard Kellermann(novel by)

Curt Siodmak(screenstory by)

L. du Garde Peach(scenario writer by)

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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...

Geronimo196719 Jun, 2022