Passage to Marseille (1944)
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54% of users liked it
(361 ratings)
Designed as a followup to the enormously successful Casablanca, Passage to Marseille utilizes the talents of many of the on- and off-screen personnel of the earlier Warner Bros. classic. Unfolded in a complex flashback-within-flashback structure, this is the story of Matrac (Humphrey Bogart), a… More Designed as a followup to the enormously successful Casablanca, Passage to Marseille utilizes the talents of many of the on- and off-screen personnel of the earlier Warner Bros. classic. Unfolded in a complex flashback-within-flashback structure, this is the story of Matrac (Humphrey Bogart), a freedom-loving French journalist who sacrifices his happiness and security to battle Nazi tyrrany. The film opens as French liason officer Freycinet (Claude Rains), stationed in London, tells Mantrac's story to a British reporter (John Loder). Freycinet reveals that Mantrac, happily married to Paula (Michele Morgan), was framed by pro-fascists and sentenced to Devil's Island. Here he engineered a daring escape with such lost souls as Marius (Peter Lorre), Garou (Helmut Dantine), Petit (George Tobias) and Renault (Philip Dorn). Adrift in a lifeboat, the escapees were picked up by a French vessel commandeered by pro-fascist Major Duval (Sydney Greenstreet). With the help of Mantrac and the prisoners, the ship's patriotic captain (Victor Francen) thwarted Duval's evil machinations, enabling Mantrac to continue his battle against Nazism as a member of the RAF. By modern standards, Passage to Marseille is overproduced, overdirected, overacted and overscored (by Max Steiner); however, it filled a definite need in wartime America, and proved a huge financial success. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Michael Curtiz
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure, Classics
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Feb 16, 1944 Wide
- Studio
- Warner Home Video
Critic Reviews
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Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
Sort of a class reunion of Casablanca, but not as good, reuniting Bogart, director Curtiz and other key players of that cult picture.
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Cast
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Humphrey Bogart
as Matrac
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Michèle Morgan
as Paula
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Claude Rains
as Capt. Freycinet
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Sydney Greenstreet
as Maj. Duval
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Peter Lorre
as Marius
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Philip Dorn
as Renault
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John Loder
as Manning
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George Tobias
as Petit
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Vladimir Sokoloff
as Grandpere
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Eduardo Ciannelli
as Chief Engineer
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Konstantin Shayne
as First Mate
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Victor Francen
as Capt. Patain Malo
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Helmut Dantine
as Garou
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Louis Mercier
as Engineer
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Monte Blue
as Second Mate
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Stephen Richards
as Lt. Hastings
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Hans Conried
as Jourdain
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Billy Roy
as Mess Boy
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Charles La Torre
as Lt. Lenoir
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Peter Camlin
as French Sergeant
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Harry Cording
as Chief Guard
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Adrienne D'Ambricourt
as Mayor's Wife
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Jean Del Val
as Raoul
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Diane Du Bois
as Petit's Daughter
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Fred Essler
as Mayor
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Gerald Perreau-Saissine
as Jean
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Corinna Mura
as Singer
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Alex Papana
as Lookout
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Frank Puglia
as Older Guard
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Mark Stevens
as Lt. Hastings
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Donald Stuart
as Military Driver
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Walter Bonn
as Prison Official
