Police try to solve a murder on board an ocean liner.Police try to solve a murder on board an ocean liner.Police try to solve a murder on board an ocean liner.
George 'Gabby' Hayes
- Joe, the watchman
- (as George Hayes)
John M. Sullivan
- Watson
- (as John Maurice Sullivan)
Raymond Brown
- Spy Chief
- (uncredited)
Gordon De Main
- Cmdr. Bryson
- (uncredited)
Olaf Hytten
- Grimson's Aide
- (uncredited)
George Nash
- Waiter
- (uncredited)
Harry Schultz
- Aide
- (uncredited)
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- Writers
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- TriviaThe failure of the original copyright holder to renew the film's copyright resulted in it falling into public domain, meaning that virtually anyone could duplicate and sell a VHS/DVD copy of the film. Therefore, many of the versions of this film available on the market are either severely (and usually badly) edited and/or of extremely poor quality, having been duped from second- or third-generation (or more) copies of the film.
- Quotes
Prof. Grimson: The - ah - tube controls the energy, which will operate it by radio.
First Officer Cliff Rogers: It's uncanny, Professor.
Prof. Grimson: It's... science.
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Forced and Silly
This is a bit of a curiosity. I don't know much about Noah Beery, but his name on the top of the bill is interesting. He barely appears in the movie. It's about some secret navigation device for piloting ships by remote control. There is an enemy force that is after it and its inventor. On board an ocean liner, where it is being tested, the captain (Beery) becomes deranged and is replaced. Soon a couple murders take place and the captain is seen by people (though he quickly disappears). There is some device where people communicate using a machine where you write in cursive hand. Of course, radio has been invented. This is so silly. There's also a subplot with he romantic aspirations of an old woman who is utterly insufferable. Her being there contributes nothing but the screeching of nails on a blackboard. There is really no plot and in the end I'm not sure anything was resolved. Not really much of a movie.
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- Hitchcoc
- Nov 3, 2006
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- The Ghost of John Holling
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- Runtime1 hour 2 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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