Top billed cast

1. 

   Edward G. Robinson

   'Wolf' Larsen

2. 

   Ida Lupino

   Ruth Webster

3. 

   John Garfield

   George Leach

4. 

   Alexander Knox

   Humphrey Van Weyden

5. 

   Gene Lockhart

   Dr. Prescott

6. 

   Barry Fitzgerald

   Cooky

7. 

   Stanley Ridges

   Johnson

8. 

   David Bruce

   Young Sailor

9. 

   Francis McDonald

   Svenson

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2026-06-24

This is a sort of briny equivalent of out of the frying pan and into the fire, as "Leach" (John Garfield), "Ruth" (Ida Lupino) and "Van Weyden" (Alexander Knox) find themselves unwilling passengers on a schooner. It's skipper "Larsen" (Edward G. Robinson) must have gone to the William Bligh school of seamanship as he rules his vessel with a ruthless rod of iron. What begins to puzzle our reluctant passengers is just what the ship's mission is and why their host refuses to drop them off at any port but, eventually, at their home of San Francisco. As that mystery deepens, we become immersed in a...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$1,013,217.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• mutiny
• boat
• north atlantic
• fugitive
• sadist
• sea captain
• shipwrecked
• morality tale
• wolf larsen
• seal hunting
• moral relativism
• philosophy of morality