The Tunnel

An engineer leads the building of a trans-Atlantic tunnel linking Britain and the United States.

Cast

Richard Dix

as Richard 'Mack' McAllan

Leslie Banks

as Frederick 'Robbie' Robbins

Madge Evans

as Ruth McAllan

Helen Vinson

as Varlia Lloyd

C. Aubrey Smith

as Lloyd

Basil Sydney

as Mostyn

Henry Oscar

as Grellier

Hilda Trevelyan

as Mary

Cyril Raymond

as Harriman

Jimmy Hanley

as Geoffrey McAllan

Reviews

CinemaSerf

Richard Dix is visionary engineer "Richard McAllan" who manages to convince a group of investors to support his plans for a transatlantic tunnel linking the UK and the USA. Immediately, all of my claustrophobic genes kicked in - that's about 4,000 miles of reinforced concrete at an average depth of ...

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