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The Captain Hates the Sea

  • 19341934
  • PassedPassed
  • 1h 33m
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
722
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Tala Birell, Walter Catlett, Walter Connolly, Leon Errol, Wynne Gibson, John Gilbert, Fred Keating, Victor McLaglen, Alison Skipworth, and Helen Vinson in The Captain Hates the Sea (1934)
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A cruise ship heads south from L.A. with a variety of passengers - a reporter, a P.I., crooks, a general etc.A cruise ship heads south from L.A. with a variety of passengers - a reporter, a P.I., crooks, a general etc.A cruise ship heads south from L.A. with a variety of passengers - a reporter, a P.I., crooks, a general etc.
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
722
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    • Lewis Milestone
    • Wallace Smith(novel)
  • Stars
    • Victor McLaglen
    • Wynne Gibson
    • Alison Skipworth
    • Lewis Milestone
    • Wallace Smith(novel)
  • Stars
    • Victor McLaglen
    • Wynne Gibson
    • Alison Skipworth
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    • 13User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
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    George Beranger and Victor McLaglen in The Captain Hates the Sea (1934)
    Walter Connolly, Donald Meek, and Alison Skipworth in The Captain Hates the Sea (1934)
    Tala Birell in The Captain Hates the Sea (1934)
    Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, and Fred Keating in The Captain Hates the Sea (1934)
    Tala Birell in The Captain Hates the Sea (1934)
    Walter Catlett, John Gilbert, and Miki Morita in The Captain Hates the Sea (1934)
    Moe Howard, Walter Connolly, and Curly Howard in The Captain Hates the Sea (1934)

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    Victor McLaglen
    Victor McLaglen
    • Junius P. Schulte
    Wynne Gibson
    Wynne Gibson
    • Mrs. Jeddock
    Alison Skipworth
    Alison Skipworth
    • Mrs. Yolanda Magruder
    John Gilbert
    John Gilbert
    • Steve Bramley
    Helen Vinson
    Helen Vinson
    • Janet Grayson
    Fred Keating
    Fred Keating
    • Danny Checkett
    Leon Errol
    Leon Errol
    • Layton
    Walter Connolly
    Walter Connolly
    • Capt. Helquist
    Tala Birell
    Tala Birell
    • Gerta Klangi
    Walter Catlett
    Walter Catlett
    • Joe Silvers
    John Wray
    John Wray
    • Mr. Jeddock
    Claude Gillingwater
    Claude Gillingwater
    • Judge Griswold
    Emily Fitzroy
    Emily Fitzroy
    • Mrs. Victoria Griswold
    Donald Meek
    Donald Meek
    • Josephus Bushmills
    Luis Alberni
    Luis Alberni
    • Juan Gilboa
    Akim Tamiroff
    Akim Tamiroff
    • Gen. Salazaro
    Arthur Treacher
    Arthur Treacher
    • Maj. Warringforth
    Inez Courtney
    Inez Courtney
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      • Lewis Milestone
      • Wallace Smith(novel) (screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      John Gilbert's career was waning by the time he was hired by (at the time) a "Poverty Row studio like Columbia for this picture. His lucrative contract option had been dropped by the larger and richer MGM because his voice had tested higher than suited his masculine screen image. With his career in shambles, Gilbert had begun to drink heavily, but thanks mainly to the support of his friend Lewis Milestone, he was hired by Columbia for this picture--with the sole condition that he remain sober throughout the production. Unfortunately, Gilbert by this time was an alcoholic unable to stay away from drinking for very long, particularly among such heavy-drinking cast members as Walter Catlett and Victor McLaglen. Keeping the cast sober proved impossible, even while filming at sea. In a rage at the mounting expenditures, Columbia president Harry Cohn telegraphed director Milestone, 'Return to studio. The cost is staggering.' Milestone wired back, 'So is the cast!'
    • Goofs
      Right after the stern line is cast off, showing us the ship's starboard side is at dockside, the Captain (Walter Connolly) orders the helm, "Hard to starboard" - which would apparently send the ship right back into the dock. The 'Hard to Starboard' command by the Captain isn't a goof at all, as his very next command is 'Both engines slow astern'. In other words he's reversing the vessel and in that case starboard is the correct direction.
    • Connections
      Edited into Dunked in the Deep (1949)
    • Soundtracks
      I Thought I Wanted You
      (uncredited)

      Written by Archie Gottler

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    6/10
    John Gilbert shines in his final role.
    This is a poorly paced and scripted little drama, that might have inspired the creators of "The Love Boat". It's all about the passengers and the crew aboard a cruise ship, and their various misadventures and intrigues.

    It is the cast that redeems this picture from being a forgettable piece of mediocrity. All put in good performances - although I wasn't sure what The Three Stooges were doing in the film!! Alison Skipworth is especially memorable as a rather flirtatious rich widow.

    But the film is made unforgettable by a magnificent performance from the great silent star John Gilbert, in his final film. Having fallen from super-stardom with the coming of sound, he had descended into alcoholism, and would die just two years after this film was completed. Ironically he portrays an alcoholic trying to reform - and he plays it with such dignity, grace, charm and wit, that he makes us realise today what a great screen actor we lost in John Gilbert. A sad final role perhaps, but he at last proved to the world that he could have been a fine talkie actor.
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    • Release date
      • November 2, 1934 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • San Pedro, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Columbia Pictures
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    • 1 hour 33 minutes
      • Black and White

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