#PassagetoMarseille
I just watched "Passage to Marseille" (Michael Curtiz, 1944) and rated it 6/10 #PassageToMarseille #MichaelCurtiz #HumphreyBogart #MicheleMorgan #ClaudeRains #PeterLorre #SidneyGreenstreet
June 6, 2026 at 9:20 PM
"Hiya, Superman, how's the poison holding up?"

Clark Gable, Joan Crawford, some #scumbags and a guy who may be Jesus escape from Devil's Island.

A missed opportunity, could potentially have been seriously amazing but falls short due to its slow pace. The poor man's #PassageToMarseille.

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May 6, 2026 at 3:21 PM
And here's something I wrote about #PassageToMarseille in 2021.
Sailing Into The Danger Zone – Passage To Marseille (1944)
A Special Feature by John Featherstone. “I want to reach the danger zone by nightfall…”
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April 19, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Nice movie for #NoKings day.
“It would be too tragic if the men of goodwill should ever be lax or fail again to build a world where youth may love without fear, and where parents may grow old with their children, and where men will be worthy of each other's faith.”
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March 28, 2026 at 11:58 PM
THAT is a hard core ending, killing off Bogart and not letting him see his wife and child. 😬

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March 28, 2026 at 11:52 PM
And, referencing your previous post, this is certainly better than "Across the Pacific."

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March 28, 2026 at 11:44 PM
It's basically the same go-to actors for these Michael Curtiz / Warner Bros. wartime pictures.

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March 28, 2026 at 11:42 PM
They did have that similar image of Bogart and his girlfriend du jour riding in the car with rear-projection scenery.

Further into the war, you have a more hard-core picture.

Still the same director and same three principal actors. Going for a three-peat.

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March 28, 2026 at 11:41 PM
Man, this trip is rougher than the Titanic's.

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March 28, 2026 at 11:38 PM
I’ve never thought about it before but it’s so interesting: everyone is speaking “French” but sometimes they’re speaking “French” in “English” and sometimes in French. And we as audience hardly notice. I’d be curious to know how those script decisions were made. #PassagetoMarseille #TCMParty
March 28, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Cinematographer James Wong Howe doing some beautiful black and white lighting in this.

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March 28, 2026 at 11:01 PM
I am guessing this is basically a "Casablanca" "let's get the gang back together" movie with director Curtiz, the cast and Max Steiner on board.

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March 28, 2026 at 11:00 PM
They could have "Indiana Jones" on so we could get in some good old fashioned Nazi punching!

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March 28, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Max Steiner is really Max Steiner-ing in this one!

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March 28, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Man, the newspaper business is ROUGH.

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March 28, 2026 at 10:56 PM
A flashback within a flashback. #TCMParty #PassageToMarseille
March 28, 2026 at 10:53 PM
The flashback within a flashback within a flashback.
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March 28, 2026 at 10:52 PM
The flashback in the flashback begins.
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March 28, 2026 at 10:40 PM
I’m always down for a WWII movie.
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March 28, 2026 at 10:11 PM
"Someone should tell our little friend that tight overcoats and guns don't go together..."

#TheMalteseFalcon at sea has Bogart playing another trenchcoated Rick and, like #PassageToMarseille, he's on a ship (also used in #NowVoyager) that doesn't make the title's location.

A spy classic.

#FilmSky
Across the Pacific (1942) ⭐ 6.8 | Action, Adventure, Drama
1h 37m | Approved
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February 21, 2026 at 10:29 PM
No one likes Nazis
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November 12, 2025 at 10:43 PM
November 12, 2025 at 9:44 PM
November 12, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Wow. John Loder was married for four years to Hedy Lamarr and they had two kids & John adopted one she already had.
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November 12, 2025 at 9:34 PM