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Shanghaied Love (1931)

Shanghaied Love poster
Directed by
George B. Seitz
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 15m
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young man gets stuck on a brutal cargo ship where the crew is rough and the captain is cruel. He struggles to survive and protect a woman on board.

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What happens

Shanghaied Love is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by George B. Seitz and starring Richard Cromwell, Sally Blane and Noah Beery. It was produced and released by Columbia Pictures. The film's sets were designed by the art director Stephen Goosson. It is based on the 1922 novel The Blood Ship by Norman Springer, previously made into the 1927 silent film The Blood Ship. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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