Humphrey Bogart reunites with director Michael Curtiz and other key Casablanca personnel (including co-stars 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 its ground. War could even dehumanize a hero. Domestic prints remained uncut.

On-Disc Special Features

• Warner Night at the Movies 1944 Short Subjects Gallery: Vintage Newsreel, Oscar®-Winning* Patriotic Short
• I Won’t Play, Oscar®-Nominated** Musical Short
• Jammin’ The Blues, Classic Cartoon
• The Weakly Reporter
• Trailers of Passage to Marseille and 1944’s Uncertain Glory
• New Featurette The Free French: Unsung Victors
• Breakdowns of 1944: Studio Blooper Reel