Transatlantic Tunnel

Original title: The Tunnel

1935
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1h 34m

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Richard Dix in Transatlantic Tunnel (1935)

A team of international scientists and engineers attempts to build a tunnel under the ocean.A team of international scientists and engineers attempts to build a tunnel under the ocean.A team of international scientists and engineers attempts to build a tunnel under the ocean.

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6.0/10

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Richard Dix

Richard 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
(as Mr. George Arliss)

Walter Huston

President of the United States
(as Mr. Walter Huston)

James Carew

Jim Barton
(uncredited)

Pat Fitzpatrick

Geoffrey - As a young child
(uncredited)

Jacqueline Giovanni

Young Girl
(uncredited)

Helen Haye

Oil Magnate
(uncredited)

Bryan Herbert

American Reporter
(uncredited)

Dennis Hoey

Worker
(uncredited)

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Trivia
One of the plot elements that crops up in the movie is a volcanic area that the tunnelers run into about halfway across the Atlantic. This makes sense, as the Mid-Atlantic Ridge is a very active area. The neat part in relation to the movie is that while the existence of a "Ridge" on the seafloor was known at the time, it was not known that it was so active. It wasn't until the Heezen/Ewing/Tharp mapping of the ocean floor in the 1950s that people discovered that Seismic activity and "Seafloor Spreading" due to magma seepage were going on. That was about 20 years after the makers of the film surmised Magma pockets near the Mid-Atlantic.

Goofs
Although the story takes place over a period of about twenty years, none of the principal players shows any sign of aging, despite all the ordeals encountered.

Quotes
Richard 'Mack' McAllan: There are bigger things than money.
Airways Magnate: We don't deal in 'em.

Crazy credits
At the end of the opening credits, a card comes up with "Gaumont-British Picture Corpn. Ltd. were fortunate in securing the services of Mr. George Arliss and Mr. Walter Huston for the parts of Prime Minister of Great Britain and President of the United States."

Connections
Edited from Der Tunnel (1933)

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6/10

Amazing idea, well-executed film

The concept of the movie is very basic: the building of a tunnel connecting the eastern United States with the island of Great Britain. If this were actually possible, it would probably have been done long before now -- but this film is an excellent portrayal of the possibilities. It's quite entertaining for not only fans of old movies, but for history buffs as well -- and even students of transportation should enjoy it!