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The Long Voyage Home

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A film directed by John Ford and based on four sea stories by Eugene O'Neill.
[Starring] John Wayne, Ian Hunter, Thomas Mitchell and Wilfred Lawson

Crashing through heavy seas and threatened by enemy action, a rusty tramp-steamer struggles to make port with a cargo of ammunition. For some of the crew the sea is an escape-for the others a life-long enslavement...
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Contributors

Director:
John Ford
Based on stories by:
Eugene O'Neill
Smithy:
Ian Hunter
Ole:
John Wayne
Driscoll:
Thomas Mitchell
The Captain:
Wilfred Lawson
The Steward:
Barry Fitzgerald
Axel:
John Qualen
The Donkey Man:
Arthur Shields
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