The Long Voyage Home (1940)

Didn't grab my interest at all for the first hour or so. Motley group of seamen are about halfway through a voyage when they, unwillingly, take on ammunition for the war effort. Everyone gets a little stir-crazy and tension and suspicion ratchet up some (but not enough).

The move gets markedly better once they hit land -- but that's about two-thirds in. I read somewhere that John Wayne was reluctant to take the role of Olsen because he was afraid that the audience would laugh at his attempt at a Swedish accent...I think his instincts were right.

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