The Silent Battle 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 is also known by the alternative titles Continental Express and Peace in our Time. 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.
It is a remake of the French film The Silent Battle (1937).
The Silent Battle was released to cinemas in the United Kingdom in March 1939.
Cast
Rex Harrison as Jacques Sauvin
Valerie Hobson as Draguisha
John Loder as Bordier
Muriel Aked as Madame Duvivier
George Devine as Sonneman
John Salew as Ernest
Kaye Seeley as Bostoff
Carl Jaffe as Rykoff
Megs Jenkins as Louise
Arthur Maude as Editor
Critical reception
TV Guide wrote, "competent prewar spy drama with a fairly talented cast, but it doesn't pack the action or suspense of the great espionage drama Night Train to Munich (1940), also starring Harrison."