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The Long Voyage Home

1940 film by John Ford
Movie film Q1199357
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Summary

The Long Voyage Home is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,136 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: National Board of Review: Top Ten Films[3]
  • Director: John Ford[4]
  • Screenwriter: Eugene O'Neill[5], Dudley Nichols[6]
  • Composer: Richard Hageman[7]
  • Genre: war film[8], drama film[9], action film[10]
  • Cast member: John Wayne[11], Thomas Mitchell[12], Ian Hunter[13], Barry Fitzgerald[14], John Qualen[15], Mildred Natwick[16], Ward Bond[17], J. M. Kerrigan[18], Wyndham Standing[19], Wilfrid Lawson[20], Arthur Shields[21], Douglas Walton[22], Harry Tenbrook[23], Jack Pennick[24]
  • Producer: Walter Wanger[25]
  • Director of photography: Gregg Toland[26]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[27]
  • Commons category: The Long Voyage Home[28]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[29]
  • Review score: 8.1/10[30], 100%[31]
  • Color: black-and-white[32]
  • Country of origin: United States[33]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1940[34], October 8, 1940[35], November 22, 1940[36]
  • Distributed by: United Artists[37], Netflix[38]
  • Main subject: World War II[39], seamanship[40]
  • Film editor: Sherman Todd[41]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Picture[42], Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White[43], Academy Award for Best Film Editing[44], Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay[45], Academy Award for Best Original Score[46], Academy Award for Best Special Effects[47]
  • Title: The Long Voyage Home[48]
  • FSK film rating: FSK 12[49]
  • Duration: 105 minutes[50]
  • Capital cost: 682,495 US dollars[51]
  • Production designer: James Basevi[52]

Why It Matters

The Long Voyage Home has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[53] It is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[54]

FAQs

What awards did The Long Voyage Home receive?

Honors received include National Board of Review: Top Ten Films[3].

Related Entities

Barry Fitzgerald Eugene O'Neill film Gregg Toland John Ford John Wayne Mildred Natwick Netflix Thomas Mitchell United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  28. [30] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  48. [50] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  49. [51] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  50. [52] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [53] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [54] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'ca', 'commons', 'cy', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'fa', 'fr', '
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  2. 8w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 100257
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  3. 17w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Production designer → James Basevi
    Publication date → +1940-01-01T00:00:00Z, +1940-10-08T00:00:00Z, +1940-11-22T00:00:00Z
    Screenwriter → Eugene O'Neill, Dudley Nichols
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+105'}
    + 26 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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