The Wreck of the Mary Deare (1959)

Directed by

Michael Anderson

Genre

drama film, thriller film

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

1h 45m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 44 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A salvage boat captain finds a damaged freighter drifting in the English Channel with only one man aboard. The man claims the ship is abandoned but strange events make the captain suspect a cover up.

tenseatmosphericmysterioussuspensefulslow-burnbroodinggrittystormy

What happens

The Wreck of the Mary Deare is a 1959 Metrocolor (in CinemaScope) British-American thriller film directed by Michael Anderson and starring Gary Cooper (in his penultimate film) and Charlton Heston, and featuring Michael Redgrave, Cecil Parker, Virginia McKenna, Richard Harris, and John Le Mesurier. The screenplay by Eric Ambler was based on the 1956 novel of the same name by Hammond Innes. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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