Gangway for Tomorrow
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Director John H. Auer Music director Roy Webb Duration Language English | 5.8/10 IMDb Genre Drama Cinematography Nicholas Musuraca Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date December 16, 1943 (1943-12-16) (U.S.) Writer Arch Oboler (screen play), Aladar Laszlo (based on an original story by) Cast John Carradine (Mr. Wellington), Robert Ryan (Joe Dunham), Margo (Lisette Rene), Alan Carney (Swallow), Amelita Ward (Mary Jones (Miss America)), William Terry (Bob Nolan)Similar movies Blackhat , Gran Torino , The Green Mile , The Living Daylights , Gangs of New York , An American Tail Tagline Sensational Drama That X-rays the Secret Hearts of 5 "Ordinary" Men and Women! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gangway for Tomorrow is a 1943 American anthology film produced and directed by the Austrian-American John H. Auer, and originally known by its working title, An American Story. Steeped in the propaganda tones of early World War II features, the film is largely B-fare.
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Plot
Five defense workers on their way to the munitions factory tell their stories: a refugee from the French Resistance, a frustrated race car driver, a prison warden, a former Miss America, and an intellectual who dropped out of society and saw the country as a bum.
Cast
Reception
Despite its attempt to divert from the usual formuliac patriotic films of the period, Gangway for Tomorrow was relegated to second billing in most theatres. Critical reviews, however, were more sympathetic, the New York Daily Mirror noted, "The screen as a medium for useful propaganda is well illustrated by Gangway for Tomorrow ... Turning in the best performances are Margo, John Carradine ... and Robert Ryan." In a similar vein; "An unpretentious little film, running at just 69 minutes, Gangway is nevertheless fresh and bright in treatment and provides an interesting story of five factory workers ... The members of the cast, in particular, Margo and Robert Ryan, handle their assignments well."
References
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