The Silent Battle (1939)

193950mdir. Herbert MasonUnited Kingdomthriller film

Note: this print runs 50 minutes against a recorded 73 minutes. It is the best copy we have found; we keep looking for a complete print.

With Rex Harrison

Directed by Herbert Mason

The Silent Battle (also lnown as Continental Express and Peace in our Time) is a 1939 British thriller film directed by Herbert Mason and produced by Anthony Havelock-Allan for Pinebrook Studios. The cast includes Rex Harrison, Valerie Hobson and John Loder. It marked the film debut of Megs Jenkins. It was inspired by the novel Le Poisson Chinois by Jean Bommart. Secret agents try to defeat terrorists on the Orient Express. The film was distributed by Paramount British Pictures.

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