China Seas (1935)

Directed by

Tay Garnett

Genre

drama film, romance film, pirate film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 25m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 39 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A sea captain and his brassy lover navigate danger and suspicion aboard a merchant ship in the South China Sea. A charming drunk provides comic relief as tensions rise with a possible traitor on board.

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What happens

China Seas is a 1935 American adventure film starring Clark Gable as a brave sea captain, Jean Harlow as his brassy paramour, and Wallace Beery as a suspect character. The oceangoing epic also features Rosalind Russell, Lewis Stone, Akim Tamiroff, and Hattie McDaniel, while humorist Robert Benchley portrays a character reeling drunk from one end of the film to the other. The lavish MGM epic was written by James Kevin McGuinness and Jules Furthman from the 1930 book by Crosbie Garstin, and directed by Tay Garnett. This is one of only four sound films with Beery in which he did not receive top billing. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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