Souls at Sea (1937)

Directed by

Henry Hathaway

Genre

drama film, action film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 32m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 15 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A first mate on a slave ship frees the enslaved people after a mutiny overthrows the captain. It is a historical adventure film.

suspensefulaction-packeddramatichistoricaladventuroustensemoralistic

What happens

Souls at Sea is a 1937 American historical adventure film directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Gary Cooper and George Raft. Based on a story by Ted Lesser, the film is about a first mate on a slave ship who frees the slaves on the ship after a mutiny overthrows the ship's captain. The title of this film was spoofed in the Laurel and Hardy comedy film Saps at Sea (1940). The supporting cast features Frances Dee, Harry Carey, Joseph Schildkraut, Robert Cummings, George Zucco, Tully Marshall, Monte Blue, and an uncredited Alan Ladd and Edward Van Sloan. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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