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Director:
Mark Robson
Writers:
Donald Henderson Clarke (writer)
Leo Mittler (story)
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Release Date:
27 July 1944 (Australia) more
Tagline:
MYSTERY TERROR! (original print ad - all caps)
Plot:
Tom Merriam signs on the ship Altair as third officer under Captain Stone. At first things look good... more | full synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
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Offbeat Lewton Tale more

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)
Richard Dix ... Captain Will Stone
Russell Wade ... Tom Merriam, 3rd Officer
Edith Barrett ... Ellen Roberts
Ben Bard ... First Officer Bowns
Edmund Glover ... Jacob 'Sparks' Winslow, Radioman
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Ghost Ship (USA) (poster title)
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Runtime:
69 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
USA:TV-PG | UK:A (cut) | Sweden:15 | USA:Approved (PCA #9567) | Spain:13

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
RKO had built an expensive ship set for their 1938 production Pacific Liner (1939). Val Lewton was given instructions to come up with a film that could use the still existing set. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: One shot of the boat traveling toward camera shows the name of the boat on the bow is backwards. The backwards name reads Venture, indicating it's a shot reused from King Kong (1933) that has been horizontally flipped. more
Quotes:
Captain Will Stone: You know, there are some captains who would hold this against you. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows (2007) more

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20 out of 21 people found the following comment useful:-
Offbeat Lewton Tale, 17 June 2003
7/10
Author: Space_Mafune from Newfoundland, Canada

This Val Lewton produced film is not what one would likely expect from the title: a ghost story...so don't expect that going in. It isn't even really an Horror film per se although there are elements at work here which will prove horrific to many viewers. What it is instead is a seafaring adventure yarn about a Captain who's slowly going mad (and homicidal) due to his obsession with authority and only our heroic lead Tom Merriam, the 3rd Officer, seems to want to do anything about it. Everyone else seems to either not believe Merriam or dismisses what he tells them for fear of losing their jobs. Merriam however retains his values and ethics throughout the film even when they don't work out in his favor. While the film possesses the mood and style one expects from Lewton's films, the content and in some cases atmosphere is really not what one expects from the producer. Also events here do seem to wrap themselves up much too quickly. Still all in all there's enough good stuff here that this film is definitely worth seeking out.

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