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The Tunnel
GB's Eight Star Special
An engineer leads the building of a trans-Atlantic tunnel linking Britain and the United States.
- Original title
- The Tunnel
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US,GB
- Budget
- —
- Revenue
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CinemaSerf
Jun 19, 2022 · via TMDB
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...
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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
Maurice Elvey
Director
Curt Siodmak
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