The Road Back

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The Road Back

1937Movie1 h 40 min

64

DecentGoodWatch score

64

DecentGoodWatch score

Summary

At the end of the Great War, German soldiers return home to find the social fabric and civil order disintegrating as communist gangs roam the streets, and food and jobs become scarce. Riots and massacres lead the erstwhile average men to become cynical and desperate.

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Critics vs audiences
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Audiences 62GoodWatch 65
IMDb6.2
Running time
1 h 40 min
A typical length for dramas, −9 min on the typical 109
typical 109100
Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Released
1937
June 1, 1937
89 years ago
Genres
DramaWarHistory
Language
English
Original language
Made in
United States
and 22 more
25 people
Directing · 1
James Whale Director
Writing · 3
Charles Kenyon Screenplay
R.C. Sherriff Screenplay
Erich Maria Remarque Novel
Production · 1
Edmund Grainger Producer
Camera · 2
George Robinson Director of Photography
John J. Mescall Director of Photography
Editing · 2
Ted J. Kent Editor
Charles Maynard Editor
Sound · 1
Dimitri Tiomkin Original Music Composer
Art · 1
Charles D. Hall Art Direction

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