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The Sea Wolf

  • 19411941
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 40m
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Edward G. Robinson, John Garfield, and Ida Lupino in The Sea Wolf (1941)
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After being fished out of the sea by a sailer, three fugitives find themselves prisoners of the ship's brutal skipper who refuses to put them ashore and they hatch an escape plan during a cr... Read allAfter being fished out of the sea by a sailer, three fugitives find themselves prisoners of the ship's brutal skipper who refuses to put them ashore and they hatch an escape plan during a crew mutiny.After being fished out of the sea by a sailer, three fugitives find themselves prisoners of the ship's brutal skipper who refuses to put them ashore and they hatch an escape plan during a crew mutiny.
IMDb RATING
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    • Michael Curtiz
    • Robert Rossen(screen play)
    • Jack London(novel)
  • Stars
    • Edward G. Robinson
    • Ida Lupino
    • John Garfield
    • Michael Curtiz
    • Robert Rossen(screen play)
    • Jack London(novel)
  • Stars
    • Edward G. Robinson
    • Ida Lupino
    • John Garfield
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 62User reviews
    • 38Critic reviews
    • 73Metascore
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    • Nominated for 1 Oscar

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    Edward G. Robinson
    Edward G. Robinson
    • 'Wolf' Larsen
    Ida Lupino
    Ida Lupino
    • Ruth Brewster
    John Garfield
    John Garfield
    • George Leach
    Alexander Knox
    Alexander Knox
    • Humphrey Van Weyden
    Gene Lockhart
    Gene Lockhart
    • Dr. Louis Prescott
    Barry Fitzgerald
    Barry Fitzgerald
    • Cooky
    Stanley Ridges
    Stanley Ridges
    • Johnson
    David Bruce
    David Bruce
    • Young Sailor
    Francis McDonald
    Francis McDonald
    • Svenson
    Howard Da Silva
    Howard Da Silva
    • Harrison
    Frank Lackteen
    Frank Lackteen
    • Smoke
    Ernie Adams
    Ernie Adams
    • Pickpocket
    • (uncredited)
    Cliff Clark
    • First Detective
    • (uncredited)
    Jeane Cowan
    • Singer
    • (uncredited)
    Richard Cramer
    Richard Cramer
    • Bartender
    • (uncredited)
    William Gould
    William Gould
    • Second Detective
    • (uncredited)
    Ralf Harolde
    Ralf Harolde
    • Agent Getting Johnson Shanghaied
    • (uncredited)
    Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian
    • Crewman
    • (uncredited)
      • Michael Curtiz
      • Robert Rossen(screen play)
      • Jack London(novel)
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    • Trivia
      The first movie to have its world premiere on a ship: the luxury liner "America" during a trip from San Francisco to Los Angeles.
    • Goofs
      Actually, until the era of the 1st World War, the practice on-board a ship was to call orders for the helmsman to actually move the "tiller", either to port or to starboard. So calling "hard a-port" meant moving the tiller to port, which means the rudder, and the vessel, will then move to starboard. With wheel steering, putting the helm/tiller to port, means spinning the wheel to starboard. Ships no longer use this system - these days helm directions refer to the desired turn of the rudder/vessel. The James Cameron movie The Titanic also contained a similar scene, which generated a lot of puzzlement. It IS a bit confusing at first, unless one is a sailor and is familiar with tiller steering.
    • Quotes

      Humphrey Van Weyden: There's a price no man will pay for living.

    • Alternate versions
      The film was cut by approximately 12 minutes down to less than 90 minutes for re-issue. The deleted footage consisted of little, but integral, moments throughout the story which added considerably to the quality of the film as a whole. For many years, the only known existing print of the original 99-minute theatrical version was a 16mm print which belonged to the film's star, John Garfield. However, Warner Brothers studio recently discovered a 35mm print of this original version at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. It was subsequently restored and used for distribution on DVD and Blu Ray.
    • Connections
      Edited into The Sea Wolf (1993)
    • Soundtracks
      Hello! Ma Baby
      (uncredited)

      Music by Joseph E. Howard

      Lyrics by Ida Emerson

      Played on piano and sung by Jeane Cowan in the bar

    User reviews62

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    Jack London's story brought to life by excellent cast and crew...
    Edward G. Robinson puts his own brand of cruelty on the role of a freighter captain who tyrannizes his crew and some unexpected passengers (Ida Lupino, John Garfield, Alexander Knox) in this taut, suspenseful psychological melodrama with no shortage of brooding atmosphere.

    Based on the famous Jack London story of Wolf Larsen (Robinson), the callous and inhuman skipper of a schooner, who proceeds to make life hell for his crew and his unwilling passengers rescued from a sinking ferryboat. Lupino and Garfield are a couple of losers with a past; Knox is a mild-mannered novelist. The romantic angle between Garfield and Ida is underplayed with the accent more on the brooding tension aboard the schooner.

    Under Michael Curtiz' direction, all the performances are first-rate and Erich Wolfgang Korngold's intriguing score helps sustain the tense mood of passengers adrift on a fog-shrouded sea. Alexander Knox's restrained portrayal of an intellectual is a perfect foil for Robinson's bombastic megalomaniac skipper. Stand-outs in the large supporting cast are Gene Lockhart as a nervous, cowardly doctor and Barry Fitzgerald as a crafty cook, a sinister departure from his usual comic roles.

    Absorbing all the way, well worth viewing, this represented a step up the ladder for Ida Lupino's career at Warner Bros. Watch for my full-length career article on Ida Lupino scheduled to appear in an upcoming issue of FILMS OF THE GOLDEN AGE.
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    • Release date
      • March 21, 1941 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Warner Bros.
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    • 1 hour 40 minutes
      • Black and White

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