Passage to Marseille
Passage to Marseille, also known as Message to Marseille, is a 1944 American war film made by Warner Brothers, directed by Michael Curtiz. The screenplay was by Casey Robinson and Jack Moffitt from the novel Sans Patrie (Men Without Country) by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall. The music score was by Max Steiner and the cinematography was by James Wong Howe.
Plot
In 1942, journalist Manning arrives at an English air base to learn about the Free French who are fighting the Germans. Along with Captain Freycinet, he watches as French bomber crews prepare for a raid. Manning's interest focuses on Jean Matrac, a gunner, and Freycinet describes Matrac's story:
Cast
- Claude Rains
- Eduardo Ciannelli
- Frank Puglia
- Fred Aldrich
- Fred Graham
- George Tobias
- Hans Conried
- Helmut Dantine
- Humphrey Bogart
- Jay Silverheels
- Jean Del Val
- John Loder
- Konstantin Shayne
- Marcelle Corday
- Mark Stevens
- Michèle Morgan
- Monte Blue
- Peter Lorre
- Peter Miles
- Philip Dorn
- Sydney Greenstreet
- Victor Francen
- Vladimir Sokoloff
More details
| author | Casey Robinson Jack Moffitt |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Marseille |
| director | Michael Curtiz |
| editor | Owen Marks |
| events | aviation World War II |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | air base battle of france caribbean sea cayenne defeat of france by the germans devil's island escaped convict fight framed for murder free french french guiana french third republic hear kill man munich pact nazi germany newspaper publisher occupied france old man pre-war france rescue set up tramp tramp steamer vichy france vichy government |
| musicBy | Max Steiner |
| producer | Hal B. Wallis |
| productionCompany | Warner Bros. |
| theme | war |