The Silent Battle

The Silent Battle
The Silent Battle
	UK pressbook cover
Directed by	Herbert Mason
Written by	Wolfgang Wilhelm; Rodney Ackland; Emeric Pressburger (uncredited)
Based on	the novel "Le Poisson Chinois" by Jean Bommart
Produced by	Anthony Havelock-Allan
Starring	Rex Harrison; Valerie Hobson; John Loder
Cinematography	Bernard Browne
Edited by	Philip Charlot
Music by	Francis Chagrin
Production; company	Pinebrook Studios
Distributed by	Paramount British Pictures (UK)
Release dates	March 1939 (UK); 1 March 1942 (U.S.);
Running time	73 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The Silent Battle is a 1939 British thriller film directed by Herbert Mason and starring Rex Harrison, Valerie Hobson and John Loder.^[1] 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.

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

Cast[]

Rex Harrison as Jacques Sauvin
Valerie Hobson as Draguisha
John Loder as Bordier
Muriel Aked as Madame Duvivier
George Devine as Sonneman
John Salew as Ernest
Kaye Seeley as Bostoff
Carl Jaffe as Rykoff
Megs Jenkins as Louise
Arthur Maude as Editor

Critical reception[]

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."^[2]

External links[]

The Silent Battle at IMDb

References[]

^ "The Silent Battle". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 14 January 2009.
^ "Continental Express". TV Guide.

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[1] "The Silent Battle". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 14 January 2009.

[2] "Continental Express". TV Guide.

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