It’s getting released to virtual cinemas on March 12, with Samuel Goldwyn launching in actual U.S. The New York Times called it an "arresting and strikingly mounted British film," and "An imaginative drama in the best Jules Verne tradition." Poster Īn original advertising poster for the film was cataloged with an estimated value of between $2000 to $3000 by Heritage Auction Galleries in Dallas in the summer of 2006.Solidly crafted if a bit uninspired, Pål Øie’s thriller is like a horizontal, colder, sootier “Towering Inferno” minus the all-star-cast, though their soap-operatics are intact. The New York City opening of The Tunnel took place on 27 October 1935. Clemence Dane, who provided additional dialogue, was the pseudonym of Winifred Ashton, an English novelist and playwright who later won an Academy Award for Best Story for Perfect Strangers (1945). The Tunnel used footage extensively from the 1933 German version.Ī first draft of the screenplay written by Sidney Gilliat was discarded. George Arliss as Prime Minister of Great Britainīernhard Kellermann's 1913 novel Der Tunnel previously had been filmed three times: once as the German silent Der Tunnel (1915), and then as two sound films Der Tunnel (German) and Le Tunnel (French), both released in 1933 and directed by Curtis Bernhardt.Walter Huston as President of the United States.Leslie Banks as Frederick "Robbie" Robbins.With three volunteers, McAllan and Robbins man the radium drill, and despite near-fatal temperatures, break through to the American side of the tunnel. Determined to see the project through and fortified by the reappearance of Ruth (who came to the tunnel site to discover Geoffrey's fate), McAllan vows to continue. The project seems on the verge of collapse. The drill breaks through to volcanic gases that kill hundreds of workers, including Geoffrey. Though the project goes forward, Grellier has Mostyn killed for backing out of their deal.ĭespite the renewed effort, samples indicate the volcano may be too large to drill around. However, Varlia convinces Mostyn to fund further construction by promising him the one thing he has always wanted, but never gotten: her hand in marriage.
Lloyd suspects that Grellier and Mostyn plan to use the delay to depress stock prices again, and this time gain total ownership of the tunnel. The two men earlier manipulated the stock market to become the controlling shareholders in the company. McAllan needs more money to establish a detour, but is opposed by Grellier, an arms manufacturer, and Mostyn. The tunnel is nearing completion, but the workers encounter a submarine volcano that will necessitate a detour. Ruth lives in the countryside with her now-grown son, who lobbies Robbins to find him a job working in the tunnel. Though the cost of the tunnel in lives and money continues to mount, the British prime minister and American president eagerly anticipate its completion and the unity and peace they promise it will bring. Heartbroken at her unexplained departure, McAllan throws himself into the project, alienating Robbins in the process. Worried that her husband no longer loves her and not wanting him to stay with her out of pity, Ruth leaves McAllan, taking their son with her. There she is affected by an unknown gas afflicting the workers and loses her eyesight. The photos of the couple add to Ruth's sense of isolation, and she decides to work in the tunnel as a nurse. Lloyd's attractive daughter Varlia, who is secretly in love with McAllan, keeps him company to intensify the attention of the press. Lloyd needs to have him use his fame to get support. Called away to New York, he is informed that the people are losing faith in the project. Three years into construction of the tunnel, McAllan is a worldwide celebrity, but his work keeps him from his devoted wife Ruth and their young son Geoffrey. Though the group is initially skeptical, the backing of Lloyd and his associate Mostyn convinces the group to buy shares in the project. McAllan informs the group that the "Allanite steel" he developed, along with a "radium drill" developed by his friend Frederick "Robbie" Robbins, makes it possible to construct an undersea tunnel linking England with the United States. Lloyd, a millionaire who introduces them to Richard "Mack" McAllan, the engineer who successfully spearheaded the construction of the Channel Tunnel (the story takes place in the unspecified near future, though it is noted in the film that the Channel Tunnel is built "in 1940") and the Bahamas-Miami tunnel. A group of wealthy industrialists gather in the home of Mr.
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