The Road Back (1937)

Wissenswertes

• Budget: 955.000 $
• Basiert auf: Der Weg zurück

The Road Back is a 1937 American historical drama war film directed by James Whale, starring John King, Richard Cromwell, and Slim Summerville with a supporting cast featuring Andy Devine, Louise Fazenda, Noah Beery Jr., Lionel Atwill, Spring Byington, Al Shean, and an uncredited Dwight Frye. The screenplay is by Charles Kenyon and R. C. Sherriff from the 1931 novel of the same name by Erich Maria Remarque. Combining a strong anti-war message with prescient warnings about the rising dangers of the dictatorship of Nazi Germany, it was intended to be a powerful and controversial picture, and Universal entrusted it to its finest director, James Whale.

Production

The film was budgeted at $800,000 but went over budget.

Specialist marksman George Daly (1888–1937), an ex-Marine who fired machine gun live ammunition at actors, died in a stunt explosion during the opening battle scenes. He had taken out a $10,000 life insurance policy two weeks before the accident.

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