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Slave Ship (1937)

Slave Ship poster
Directed by
Tay Garnett
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 32m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.1 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A crew deals with the harsh realities of operating a slave ship in the 1800s. The story follows the captain and his men as they face moral conflicts and dangers at sea.

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What happens

Slave Ship is a 1937 American historical adventure film directed by Tay Garnett and starring Warner Baxter, Wallace Beery and Elizabeth Allan. The supporting cast features Mickey Rooney, George Sanders, Jane Darwell, and Joseph Schildkraut. It is one of very few films out of the forty-eight that Beery made during the sound era for which he did not receive top billing. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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