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The Tunnel is a British film of genre Science fiction directed by Maurice Elvey released in USA on 27 october 1935 with Richard Dix

The Tunnel (1935)

The Tunnel
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Released in USA 27 october 1935
Length 1h34
Directed by
Rating59% 2.9954152.9954152.9954152.9954152.995415

The Tunnel, also known as Transatlantic Tunnel in the United States, is a 1935 British science fiction film based on the 1913 novel Der Tunnel by Bernhard Kellermann, about the building of a transatlantic tunnel. It was directed by Maurice Elvey and stars Richard Dix, Leslie Banks, Madge Evans, Helen Vinson, C. Aubrey Smith and Basil Sydney. The script was written by Curt Siodmak, L. du Garde Peach and Clemence Dane.

Synopsis

A group of wealthy industrialists gather in the home of Mr. Lloyd, a millionaire who introduces them to Richard "Mack" McAllan, the engineer who successfully spearheaded the construction of the Channel Tunnel (the story takes place in the unspecified near future, though it is noted in the film that the Channel Tunnel is built "in 1940"). McAllan informs the group that the "Allanite steel" he developed, along with a "radium drill" developed by his friend Frederick "Robbie" Robbins, makes it possible to construct an undersea tunnel linking England with the United States. Though the group is initially sceptical, the backing of Lloyd and his associate Mostyn convinces the group to buy shares in the project.

Actors

Richard Dix

(Richard 'Mack' McAllan)Leslie Banks

(Frederick 'Robbie' Robbins)Madge Evans

(Ruth McAllan)Helen Vinson

(Varlia Lloyd)C. Aubrey Smith

(Lloyd)
And :
Basil Sydney
Henry Oscar
Walter Huston
George Arliss
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