The Tunnel
"GB's Eight Star Special"
An engineer leads the building of a trans-Atlantic tunnel linking Britain and the United States.
Top Cast
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Richard Dix
Richard 'Mack' McAllan
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Leslie Banks
Frederick 'Robbie' Robbins
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Madge Evans
Ruth McAllan
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Helen Vinson
Varlia Lloyd
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C. Aubrey Smith
Lloyd
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Basil Sydney
Mostyn
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Henry Oscar
Grellier
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Hilda Trevelyan
Mary
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Cyril Raymond
Harriman
Overview
An engineer leads the building of a trans-Atlantic tunnel linking Britain and the United States.
Rating
5.4
/ 10
24 Reviews 0 Popular
1 Reviews
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CinemaSerf6 Jun 19, 2022Richard 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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