Passage to Marseille
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Passage to Marseille

Year:
Duration:
109 min | France:75 min
Genres:
Drama | Adventure | War
IMDB rate:
6.9
Director:
Michael Curtiz
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 1944-03-11
Filming Locations: Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden - 301 N. Baldwin Avenue, Arcadia, California, USA
Cast
Actor
Character
Humphrey Bogart
Jean Matrac
Claude Rains
Capt. Freycinet
Michèle Morgan
Paula Matrac
Philip Dorn
Renault
Sydney Greenstreet
Maj. Duval
Peter Lorre
Marius
George Tobias
Petit
Helmut Dantine
Garou
John Loder
Manning
Victor Francen
Capt. Patain Malo
Vladimir Sokoloff
Grandpere
Eduardo Ciannelli
Chief Engineer
Corinna Mura
Singer
Fred Aldrich
Seaman (uncredited)
Charles Andre
Navigator (uncredited)
Robert Appel
Guard (uncredited)
John Bagni
Seaman (uncredited)
Albert Baldo
Seaman (uncredited)
Carmen Beretta
Petit's Wife (uncredited)
Monte Blue
Second Mate (uncredited)
Walter Bonn
Prison Official (uncredited)
Frederic Brunn
Bijou (uncredited)
Peter Camlin
French Sergeant (uncredited)
André Charlot
Judge (uncredited)
Hans Conried
Jourdain (uncredited)
Marcelle Corday
Grocer's Wife (uncredited)
Harry Cording
Chief Guard (uncredited)
Adrienne D'Ambricourt
Rosalie - Mayor's Wife (uncredited)
Franklin D'Amour
Seaman (uncredited)
John Daheim
Seaman (uncredited)
George Davis
Jacques - Waiter (uncredited)
Jean Del Val
Raoul Doulaine (uncredited)
Adrian Droeshout
Guard (uncredited)
Diane DuBois
Petit's Daughter (uncredited)
Demetris Emanuel
Seaman (uncredited)
Fred Essler
Prosper - Mayor (uncredited)
Richard Flato
Bombardier (uncredited)
Anatol Frikin
Crazy Convict (uncredited)
Harold Gerard
Guard (uncredited)
Fred Graham
Thug Wrecking Newspaper Office (uncredited)
Charles La Torre
Lt. Lenoir (uncredited)
Oscar Loraine
(uncredited)
Harro Meller
German Pilot (uncredited)
Louis Mercier
Engineer (uncredited)
Victor Metzetti
Guard (uncredited)
Peter Miles
Jean Matrac Jr.
Suzette O'Neill
Flower Woman (uncredited)
Alex Papana
Lookout (uncredited)
Tony Paton
Emil (uncredited)
David Powell
English Radio Operator (uncredited)
Frank Puglia
Older Guard (uncredited)
Georges Renavent
Guard (uncredited)
Sylvain Robert
Lieutenant (uncredited)
William Roy
Mess Boy (uncredited)
Harry Semels
Cayenne Prison Colony Guard (uncredited)
Konstantin Shayne
First Mate
Jay Silverheels
Sailor Crewman on Boat Deck (uncredited)
Bernard Sommer
Bombardier (uncredited)
Raymond St. Albin
Medical Officer (uncredited)
Maurice St. Clair
Dompierre (uncredited)
Mark Stevens
Lt. Hastings (uncredited)
Jack Stoney
Seaman (uncredited)
Donald Stuart
Military Driver (uncredited)
Sándor Szabó
Sergeant of the Guards (uncredited)
Louis Trevis
Bombardier (uncredited)
Roger Valmy
Rocroi (uncredited)
Juan Varro
Gunner at Field (uncredited)
Hans Heinrich von Twardowski
French Airfield Radio Man (uncredited)
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Trivia
During filming, Lauren Bacall was brought to the set in order to gauge her chemistry with Humphrey Bogart with whom she would soon be co-starring in To Have and Have Not (1944). This was the famous duo's first meeting, though it would be months before their romance began.
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One of the few films to employ a flashback within a flashback within a flashback. This film is often seen as an attempt to recapture the magic of Casablanca (1942), which many of this film's key players were a part. Some "usual suspects" include director Michael Curtiz, stars Humphrey Bogart and Claude Rains, supporting and bit players Peter Lorre, Sydney Greenstreet, Helmut Dantine and Corinna Mura, writer Casey Robinson, composer Max Steiner, producer Hal B. Wallis and executive producer Jack L. Warner (both films were made by Warner Bros.). Also, Michèle Morgan was originally cast as Ilsa in "Casablanca", but her salary demand was too big, so Ingrid Bergman was cast instead.
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Warner Bros. built a full-scale Merchant Marine ship in three months, modeled after the French ship Ville de Nancy.
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Goofs
When Mattrac is pointing his fifty cal. machine gun out the waist gun window, we hear machine gun sounds, but the gun is not firing. The 50 cal. M2 machine gun produces a great deal of vibration when it is being fired. The gun did not vibrate one bit.
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In the film, the aircraft used by the Free French squadrons are American-built Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses, and are described as such by Capt. Freycinet. There actually were two Free French heavy bomber squadrons based in England: Groupes de Bombardment GB II/23 "Guyenne" and GB I/25 "Tunisie," which were part of the Royal Air Force as 346 and 347 Squadrons respectively. However, they did not fly Fortresses. Their aircraft was the British-built Handley Page Halifax. Obviously, for Hollywood purposes, Fortresses were easier to obtain than Halifaxes.
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The German aircraft attacking the freighter is correct for the period with one exception. The interior views of the air gunners, they are using the wrong weapons. A 20mm mg on a swivel mount is in the forward part of the gondola. In the rear part of the gondola, a 13mm mg is mounted. The weapons shown being used are U.S. 50 cal mg.
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Quotes
Jean Matrac: [to Paula as she is playing the piano] Funny how much more you can say with a few bars of music then a basketful of words.
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First Mate: The British will fight.
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Maj. Duval: Haven't you been taught to stand in the presence of officials?
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Photos from cast
Bobby Barber
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