Torture Ship (1939)A mad scientist performs experiments on "the criminal mind" on captured criminals on board his private ship. Director:Victor HalperinWriter:Jack London (story) |
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Torture Ship (1939)A mad scientist performs experiments on "the criminal mind" on captured criminals on board his private ship. Director:Victor HalperinWriter:Jack London (story) |
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Irving Pichel | ... |
Dr. Herbert Stander
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Julie Bishop | ... |
Joan Martel
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Sheila Bromley | ... |
Poison Mary Slavish
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Anthony Averill | ... |
Dirk - Stander's Aide
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Russell Hopton | ... |
Harry 'The Carver' Bogard
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Julian Madison | ... |
Paul - Stander's Aide
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Eddie Holden | ... |
Ole Olson
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Wheeler Oakman | ... |
John Ritter
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Stanley Blystone | ... |
Capt. Mike Briggs
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Leander De Cordova | ... |
Ezra Matthews
(as Leander de Cordova)
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Demetrius Alexis | ... |
Steve Murano
(as Dmitri Alexis)
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Skelton Knaggs | ... |
Jesse Bixel
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Carleton Young | ... |
Reporter
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A mad scientist performs experiments on "the criminal mind" on captured criminals on board his private ship.
A well known doctor is indicted for his experiments toward curing the criminal mind. Needing to continue his work and hoping that success will clear him, he buys a boat, loads it with several high profile criminals hoping to escape the law and heads out to sea. At least that's the plan, but things start to go wrong and things are revealed to be not what they seemed at first.
This is an okay little thriller that seems more than a bit too talky, even as the action picks up and the crooks try to take over the ship and the captain and crew have to fight to take it back. Lest you think that reveals too much, you obviously haven't watched this, as things go left, right and every which way during its fleeting one hour running time.
The cast is a B-movie lovers dream that includes Lyle Talbot, Irving Pichel and group of character actors that seems to have been pulled from every movie made within five years of this one. Their interaction is what keeps this movie afloat even as the film begins to sink into low level nonsense.
If you're looking for a forgettable time killer or just like watching veteran actors making mountains out of mole hills then by all means give it a shot. Just don't expect high art and you won't be disappointed.