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Passage to Marseille [New DVD] Title: Passage to Marseille Format: DVD Label: Warner Archives Genre: War Drama, War-World War II UPC: 888574658205 Release Date: 2018 Notice: Please be aware that you are the Importer of record, and that your Government may charge import duties upon delivery. Humphrey Bogart reunites with director Michael Curtiz and other key Casablanca personnel (including costars Claude Rains, Peter Lorre and Sydney Greenstreet) for a tension-swept Passage to Marseille. Bogart plays Jean Matrac, a World War II French patriot who escapes Devil's Island, survives a dangerous freighter voyage and becomes a gunner in the Free French Air Corps. Passage sailed into theaters on stormy seas. Controversy surrounded the scene in which Matrac machine-guns the helpless survivors of a downed plane that attacked the freighter. That a soldier of freedom would act ignobly brought protests from religious and censorship groups. But, like Matrac facing a strafing dive-bomber, the studio held it's ground. War could even dehumanize a hero. Domestic prints remained uncut. Copyright DirectToU LLC. All Rights Reserved.