The Silent Battle

The Silent Battle
UK pressbook cover
Directed by	Herbert Mason
Produced by	Anthony Havelock-Allan
Written by	Wolfgang Wilhelm Rodney Ackland Emeric Pressburger (uncredited)
Based on	the novel "Le Poisson Chinois" by Jean Bommart
Starring	Rex Harrison Valerie Hobson John Loder
Music by	Francis Chagrin
Cinematography	Bernard Browne
Edited by	Philip Charlot
Production company	Pinebrook Studios
Release dates	March 1939 (1939-03) (UK) 1 March 1942 (1942-03-01) (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 La Bataille silencieuse (1937)

Cast

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

References

↑ "The Silent Battle". BFI.
↑ "Continental Express". TV Guide.

Herbert Mason

As director

The First Offence (1936)
His Lordship (1936)
East Meets West (1936)
Take My Tip (1937)
Strange Boarders (1938)
The Silent Battle (1939)
A Window in London (1940)
Dr. O'Dowd (1940)
The Briggs Family (1940)
Mr. Proudfoot Shows a Light (1941)
Fingers (1941)
Once a Crook (1941)
Back-Room Boy (1942)
The Night Invader (1943)
It's in the Bag (1944)
Flight from Folly (1945)

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