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Eight Bells (1935)

Eight Bells poster
Directed by
Roy William Neill
Genre
adventure film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 09m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A crew aboard a ship deals with cargo theft and romantic entanglements. A woman tries to clear her brother of suspicion while a captain navigates both crime and flirtation.

breezyseafaringlightheartedold-fashionedplayfulromanticfast-paced

What happens

Eight Bells is a 1935 American adventure film directed by Roy William Neill and starring Ann Sothern, Ralph Bellamy and Catherine Doucet. Produced by Columbia Pictures, it is based on the 1933 play Eight Bells by Percy G. Mandley. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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