The Silent Battle (1939 film)

The Silent Battle is a 1939 British thriller film directed by Herbert Mason and produced by Anthony Havelock-Allan for Pinebrook Studios. The cast includes Rex Harrison, Valerie Hobson and John Loder.[1] It marked the film debut of Megs Jenkins.[2] 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. The film was distributed by Paramount British Pictures.

The Silent Battle
UK pressbook cover
Directed byHerbert Mason
Written byWolfgang Wilhelm
Rodney Ackland
Emeric Pressburger (uncredited)
Based onthe novel "Le Poisson Chinois" by Jean Bommart
Produced byAnthony Havelock-Allan
StarringRex Harrison
Valerie Hobson
John Loder
CinematographyBernard Browne
Edited byPhilip Charlot
Music byFrancis Chagrin
Production
company
Pinebrook Studios
Distributed byParamount British Pictures (UK)
Release dates
  • March 1939 (1939-03) (UK)
  • 1 March 1942 (1942-03-01) (U.S.)
Running time
73 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

It is a remake of the French film The Silent Battle (1937).

The Silent Battle was released to cinemas in the United Kingdom in March 1939.

Cast

edit

Critical reception

edit

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."[3]

edit

References

edit
  1. ^ "The Silent Battle". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 14 January 2009.
  2. ^ Tom Vallance (11 October 1998). "Obituary: Megs Jenkins". independent.co.uk. The Independent. She entered films with a small role in Herbert Mason's exciting thriller set on the Orient Express, The Silent Battle (1939), the first of over 50 films in which she was featured
  3. ^ "Continental Express". TV Guide.