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starring: Edward G. Robinson, Ida Lupino, John Garfield, Alexander Knox, Gene Lockhartdirected by: Michael Curtiz
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302717778
Format: Black & White, HiFi Sound, NTSC
ISBN: 6302717779
Label: MGM (Warner)
Manufacturer: MGM (Warner)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Warner)
Release Date: September 01, 1998
Running Time: 90 minutes
Sales Rank: 12260
Studio: MGM (Warner)
Theatrical Release Date: March 21, 1941
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Rating:  - Brilliant cast does wonders with Jack London tale...
Edward G. Robinson puts his own brand of cruelty on the role of a freighter captain who tyrannizes his crew and some unexpected passengers (Ida Lupino, John Garfield, Alexander Knox) in this taut, suspenseful psychological melodrama with no shortage of brooding atmosphere.
Based on the famous Jack London story of Wolf Larsen (Robinson), the callous and inhuman skipper of a schooner, who proceeds to make life hell for his crew and his unwilling passengers rescued from a sinking ferryboat. ... Read More
Rating:  - Korngold score
One of the significant highlights of this classic film is the musical score of Erich Wolfgang Korngold.
Rating: - Philosophies at Sea
A ship sails through the fog of 1900 San Francisco. In a bar an agent is trying to hire sailors for the "Ghost". One man will take the first job available. The ferry to San Francisco is struck by a large steamship in the night and fog (symbolizing that era). A man and a woman are rescued by the "Ghost". Humphrey Van Weyden will become the cabin boy, a low level job for a writer. We learn something about the men on that boat. Captain Wolf Larsen gets a headache (a sign of a fatal disease?). The struggle ... Read More
Rating: - The sum of winner wills!
The febrile pen of Jack, London, plus the fit direction of Michael Curtiz, and the superb performance of Edward G. Robinson as the evil commander of the ship make of this movie one of the best exponents in its genre.
Rating: - A blackhearted seafaring scoundrel
Edward G. Robinson was marvelous playing frightful and belligerent sea captain Wolf Larsen in the Michael Curtiz directed maritime drama "The Sea Wolf" based on the Jack London classic.
Robinson commanded the sailing clipper Ghost, based in 1900's San Francisco, a purported seal hunting ship but in actuality a pirate ship plundering the booty of other working ships. With a murderous bunch of blackguards as crew including the knife wielding Cooky played by Irishman Barry Fitzgerald, the ship ... Read More
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