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The Silent Battle

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Director
  
Herbert Mason

Music director
  
Francis Chagrin

Duration
  

Country
  
United Kingdom

5.8/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Adventure, Crime, Drama

Produced by
  
Anthony Havelock-Allan

Language
  
English

The Silent Battle The Silent Battle original UK FOH Still Movie Poster Studio 1786

Writer
  
Wolfgang Wilhelm
,
Rodney Ackland
,
Emeric Pressburger

Release date
  
March 1939 (1939-03) (UK) 1 March 1942 (1942-03-01) (U.S.)

Based on
  
the novel "Le Poisson Chinois" by Jean Bommart

Cast
  
Rex Harrison
,
John Loder
,
Valerie Hobson

Similar movies
  
Related Herbert Mason movies

The Silent Battle is a 1939 British thriller film directed by Herbert Mason and starring Rex Harrison, Valerie Hobson and John Loder. It is also known by the alternative titles Continental Express and Peace in our Time. It was inspired by the novel Le Poisson Chinois by Jean Bommart. Secret agents try to defeat terrorists on the Orient Express.

Contents

It is a remake of the French film La Bataille silencieuse (1937)

Cast

  • Rex Harrison - Jacques Sauvin
  • Valerie Hobson - Draguisha
  • John Loder - Bordier
  • Muriel Aked - Madame Duvivier
  • George Devine - Sonneman
  • John Salew - Ernest
  • Kaye Seeley - Bostoff
  • Carl Jaffe - Rykoff
  • Megs Jenkins - Louise
  • Arthur Maude - Editor
  • Critical reception

    TV Guide wrote, "competent prewar spy drama with a fairly talented cast, but it doesn't pack the action or suspense of the great espionage drama Night Train to Munich (1940), also starring Harrison."

    References

    The Silent Battle Wikipedia
    The Silent Battle IMDb