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Vessel of Wrath (1938)
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Writers:
Bartlett Cormack (writer)
W. Somerset Maugham (novel)
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Release Date:
25 December 1938 (USA) more
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Fine British drama and comedy more (5 total)
Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Charles Laughton | ... | Ginger Ted' Wilson |
 | Elsa Lanchester | ... | Martha Jones |
 | Robert Newton | ... | The Controleur |
| Tyrone Guthrie | ... | Dr. Owen Jones |
| Eliot Makeham | ... | The Native Head Clerk |
| Dolly Mollinger | ... | Lia |
| D.A. Ward | ... | Albert |
| J. Solomon | ... | Sergeant Henrik |
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The Beachcomber (USA)
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USA:92 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)
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Canada:G (Ontario)
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British International Pictures Studios, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, UK more
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Remade as The Beachcomber (1954) more
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It is hard to watch this movie without noticing its similarities, intentional or not to the so-called American classic "The African Queen". I will have to say I enjoyed this movie more. The director whose credits state this as his only movie directs this 1930s movie as it were made in the sixties and seventies when the motif of camera movement became essential. Hand-held cameras are used to good effect. Charles Laughton who is the best film actor of the 20th Century shines again as he totally immerses himself in the part of the scalawag drunk. Elsa Lanchester, a woman with perfect demeanor and grace and wearing absolutely no make up shines as the woman whose aim is to tame the natives and tame the irascible Laughton. Good support from the cast round up this romantic drama. Bogart won an Oscar for doing a role very similar to this one, but Laughton is better. Catch it if you can. It's nice, smartly written, subtle and an English treat.