The Silent Battle (1939 film)

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{{Infobox film

| name = The Silent Battle

| image = "The_Silent_Battle"_(1939).jpg

| caption = UK pressbook cover

| director = Herbert Mason

| producer = Anthony Havelock-Allan

| writer = Wolfgang Wilhelm
Rodney Ackland
Emeric Pressburger (uncredited)

| based_on = the novel "Le Poisson Chinois" by Jean Bommart

| starring = Rex Harrison
Valerie Hobson
John Loder

| cinematography = Bernard Browne

| music = Francis Chagrin

| editing = Philip Charlot

| studio = Pinebrook Studios

| distributor = Paramount British Pictures (UK)

| released = {{Film date|1939|03| |UK|1942|3|1|U.S.|df=y}}

| runtime = 73 minutes

| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/50668|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114000355/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/50668|url-status=dead|archive-date=2009-01-14|title=The Silent Battle|publisher=British Film Institute}} It marked the film debut of Megs Jenkins.{{cite web |author1=Tom Vallance |title=Obituary: Megs Jenkins |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-megs-jenkins-1177763.html |website=independent.co.uk |publisher=The Independent |date=11 October 1998 |quote=She entered films with a small role in Herbert Mason's exciting thriller set on the Orient Express, The Silent Battle (1939), the first of over 50 films in which she was featured}} 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.