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The Tunnel (1935) - Movie Browser

They dug too deep. 1930s Britain said 'let's build to America' and chaos ensued.

Depression-era optimist fever dreamcapitalism with a shovelpre-CGI spectacle

Overview

Science Fiction

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

Content warning

remake tunnel transatlantic

hubris of progresssacrifice for collective ambitionclass and labor exploitationmarital erosion under obsession

Standout Aspects

Production

Massive tunnel sets that MGM would have killed for.

Direction

Elvey keeps 94 minutes of drilling somehow watchable.

Best for:Solo·Rewatch

Director

Maurice Elvey

ReleasedOct 27, 1935

Runtime1h 34m

StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacesteady

Intensitymedium

Tonemixed

Feelmedium

Gaumont-British Picture Corporation

Top Cast

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

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