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Blockade

Play trailer Poster for Blockade 1938,  1h 25m,  Adventure Play Trailer Watchlist
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A Nationalist soldier (Henry Fonda) falls for a blond mercenary spy (Madeleine Carroll) during the Spanish Civil War.

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Otis Ferguson The New Republic May 8, 2024
In the case of Walter Wanger’s production of William Dieterle’s direction of John Howard Lawson’s script, there is achieved a deadly numb level of shameless hokum out of which anything true or decent rises for a second only to confound itself. Go to Full Review
Ann Ross Maclean's Magazine Jul 22, 2019
On the surface it is a good, excitingly handled spy film. But underneath the narrative it presents an eloquent and brilliantly pictorialized plea against modern warfare. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Jun 19, 2009
B-
Set against the Spanish Civil War, Blockade was one of Hollywood's first anti-fascist dramas, which back in 1938, was considered a bold act; director Dieterle's future career suffered because of the film's politics. Go to Full Review
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Leia P Dec 22, 2017 Effective Hollywood attempt to show the struggle of the innocent victims during the Spanish Civil War; Fonda and Carroll make a glamorous romantic duo. See more
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Cast & Crew

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William Dieterle

Director

Madeleine Carroll

Norma

Henry Fonda

Marco

Leo Carrillo

Luis

John Halliday

Andre Gallinet

Vladimir Sokoloff

Basil

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Blockade

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Movie Info

Synopsis A Nationalist soldier (Henry Fonda) falls for a blond mercenary spy (Madeleine Carroll) during the Spanish Civil War.
Director
William Dieterle
Producer
Walter Wanger
Screenwriter
John Howard Lawson
Distributor
United Artists
Production Co
Walter Wanger Productions, Inc.
Genre
Adventure
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 17, 1938, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
May 3, 2021
Runtime
1h 25m
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