The Tunnel (1935)

Directed by

Maurice Elvey

Genre

science fiction film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 34m

Rated

NR

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 25 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A team of engineers and workers builds a massive tunnel under the Atlantic Ocean to connect New York and London. The project requires international cooperation and faces many obstacles along the way.

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What happens

The Tunnel (U.S. title: Transatlantic Tunnel) is a 1935 British science fiction film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Richard Dix, Leslie Banks, Madge Evans, Helen Vinson, C. Aubrey Smith and Basil Sydney. It is based on the 1913 novel The Tunnel by Bernhard Kellermann, about the building of a transatlantic tunnel between New York and London. The script was written by Curt Siodmak, L. du Garde Peach and Clemence Dane. The film, produced at a time when the threat of war loomed in Europe, emphasized international cooperation between the United States and the United Kingdom. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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