Le Tunnel
1933 · 71 MIN · IMDB 5.6 · 176 VOTES · DIR. Curtis Bernhardt
Overview
An engineer is hired to plan and oversee the construction of a undersea tunnel between Europe and the US. However, certain interests don't want to see the tunnel built and use every means at their disposal, including sabotage and murder, to stop its construction. French-language version of the 1933 German DER TUNNEL, q.v.
Dialogue Timeline — 695 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:31 The Tunnel
00:06:27 And the expense will too
00:08:35 - Listen, Mary : do you want to help him ? - Yes
00:10:21 And move thousands daily between America and Europe
00:12:11 - Hurry up ! - Get lost !
00:14:23 Ladies and gentlemen, will you please make room for the world press
00:20:11 I knew it ! Why didn't he listen to me ?
00:23:33 - Mine was a brown bay, named Polly - Mine was Max
00:27:11 Can't you forget the tunnel just for a moment ?
00:30:48 The water pressure on the dam is so strong it won't last long
00:33:34 You can unpack, Lizzie
00:35:35 ... it's you, and you who'll pay the price !
00:38:04 Do we stop work every time someone dies ? No !
00:40:33 And what about you ? Are you tired ?
00:42:34 Woolf is a crook
00:44:12 Don't try to intimidate me. Without me, there would be no tunnel
00:46:52 If it's about the tunnel, forget it
00:49:07 The gallery again ?
00:52:08 Stop him !
00:54:24 When I went into business with your father
00:57:51 And change the drill bits
01:04:22 But it's not your fault
01:05:46 Leave me alone for a bit
50:00:00 in Trans-Oceanic Steamships
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed695
Dialogue density9.8 lines / min
First line00:00:31
Final line50:00:00
Production Record
DirectorCurtis Bernhardt
LanguageFrench
IMDb votes176