the talented cast act this excellent screen rendition of eugene oneill play ( it adapt from three of his one act play ) about crew sailor aboard a freighter steamer call glencairn carry charge contain war smuggling and tnt and explosive from u to england and at the beginning wwii . the crew talk and contend each other but also save each other from bomb and risk . at the end terminates with epilogue say representsome men like ole and the driscolls come a and go and the others live and die and the yank and smittys leave their memory but for the others the long voyage never end . this dramatic film be a classic ford display his usual theme a strong factor in many film and a emotionalism and partnership and friendship and unlovable camaraderie between the sailor . however look over melodramatic during the reading letter from smittys . the sailor show a nostalgic longing for thing past and old value and own home represent sweden and ireland and england . straightforward act by john wayne a a swedish sailor name ole and he be to star habitually for ford after the director rise his career from b western in poverty row production and with his great hit and stagecoach . there magnificent secondary cast play the seaman and a thomas mitchell a a sympathetic sailor and ian hunter a the drunk and unbalanced smittys and barry fitzgerald a the humorous cooker and mildred natwick a a swindler prostitute and rafaela ottiano a a tropical woman and jack pennick and a ford usual and among others . descriptive and evocative black and white cinematography by gregg toland ( citizen kane ) plenty of light and dark and reflect loneliness and suspicion and frighten from crew and the smoky and greasy and sweaty atmosphere from merchant ship . the picture belong period when john ford ( 1895 1973 ) make a rich variety of story and his reputation rightly rest on his work in the 1940s and a ¨grapes of wrath and how green be my valley and fugitive and they be expendable and my darling clementine¨and the cavalry trilogy represent ¨fort apache and she wear a yellow ribbon and rio grande¨ . rating represent awesome and above average and a major triumph for ford and wayne . it a must see from john ford enthusiastic and john wayne fan .