Passage to Marseille

Passage to Marseille

Director: Michael Curtiz Cast: Humphrey Bogart
Humphrey Bogart
, Michele Morgan
Michele Morgan
, Claude Rains
Claude Rains
, Peter Lorre
Peter Lorre
Michael Curtiz
Passage to Marseille

Passage to Marseille

Director: Michael Curtiz Cast: Humphrey Bogart
Humphrey Bogart
, Michele Morgan
Michele Morgan
, Claude Rains
Claude Rains
, Peter Lorre
Peter Lorre
Michael Curtiz

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Overview

Designed as a followup to the enormously successful Casablanca, Passage to Marseille utilizes the talents of many of the on- and off-screen personnel of the earlier Warner Bros. classic. Unfolded in a complex flashback-within-flashback structure, this is the story of Matrac (Humphrey Bogart), a freedom-loving French journalist who sacrifices his happiness and security to battle Nazi tyrrany. The film opens as French liason officer Freycinet (Claude Rains), stationed in London, tells Mantrac's story to a British reporter (John Loder). Freycinet reveals that Mantrac, happily married to Paula (Michele Morgan), was framed by pro-fascists and sentenced to Devil's Island. Here he engineered a daring escape with such lost souls as Marius (Peter Lorre), Garou (Helmut Dantine), Petit (George Tobias) and Renault (Philip Dorn). Adrift in a lifeboat, the escapees were picked up by a French vessel commandeered by pro-fascist Major Duval (Sydney Greenstreet). With the help of Mantrac and the prisoners, the ship's patriotic captain (Victor Francen) thwarted Duval's evil machinations, enabling Mantrac to continue his battle against Nazism as a member of the RAF. By modern standards, Passage to Marseille is overproduced, overdirected, overacted and overscored (by Max Steiner); however, it filled a definite need in wartime America, and proved a huge financial success.

Product Details

Release Date: 05/08/2018
UPC: 0888574658205
Original Release: 1944
Source: Warner Archives
Language: English
Time: 1:23:00
Sales rank: 23,970

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Humphrey Bogart Jean Matrac
Michele Morgan Paula Matrac
Claude Rains Capt. Freycinet
Peter Lorre Marius
Sydney Greenstreet Maj. Duval
Philip Dorn Renault
Victor Francen Capt. Patain Malo
George Tobias Petit
Helmut Dantine Garou
John Loder Manning
Eduardo Ciannelli Chief Engineer
Konstantin Shayne 1st Mate
Monte Blue 2nd Mate
Corinna Mura Singer
Vladimir Sokoloff Grandpere
Charles La Torre Lt. Lenoir
Hans Conried Jourdain
Mark Stevens Lt. Hastings
Louis Mercier Engineer
Billy Roy Mess Boy
Donald Stuart Military Driver
Walter Bonn Prison Official
Carmen Beretta Petit's Wife
Jean Del Val Raoul
Alex Papana Lookout
Peter Miles Jean
Raymond St. Albin Medical Officer
Peter Camlin French Sergeant
Anatol Frikin Crazy Convict
Frank Puglia Older Guard
Harry Cording Chief Guard
Adrienne d'Ambricourt Mayor's Wife
Fred Essler Mayor
Stephen Richards Lt. Hastings
Diane Du Bois Petit's Daughter
Max Steiner Composer

Technical Credits
Michael Curtiz Director
Casey Robinson Screenwriter
Jack Moffitt Screenwriter
Hal B. Wallis Producer
Jack Cosgrove Special Effects
Roy Davidson Special Effects
Edwin DuPar Special Effects
Byron Haskin Special Effects
Rex Wimpy Special Effects
John C. Moffitt Screenwriter
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