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Barnacle Bill (1935)

Barnacle Bill poster
Directed by
Harry Hughes
Genre
drama film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 30m
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A sailor struggles to split his time between his family on shore and his life on the sea. The tension between his duties at home and his need for adventure creates personal conflict.

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What happens

Barnacle Bill is a 1935 British drama film directed by Harry Hughes and starring Archie Pitt, Joan Gardner and Gus McNaughton. A conflicted sailor tries to balance his family life with his time at sea. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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