IMDb-BEWERTUNG
6,6/10
3790
IHRE BEWERTUNG
Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuThird Officer Tom Merriam accuses Captain Will Stone of being a homicidal maniac, but no one believes him.Third Officer Tom Merriam accuses Captain Will Stone of being a homicidal maniac, but no one believes him.Third Officer Tom Merriam accuses Captain Will Stone of being a homicidal maniac, but no one believes him.
- Auszeichnungen
- 2 Nominierungen
Robert Bice
- Raphael
- (Nicht genannt)
Eddie Borden
- Crew Member
- (Nicht genannt)
John Burford
- Crew Member
- (Nicht genannt)
Tom Burton
- William Benson
- (Nicht genannt)
Harry Clay
- Tom McCall
- (Nicht genannt)
Alec Craig
- Blind Beggar
- (Nicht genannt)
Boyd Davis
- Charles Roberts
- (Nicht genannt)
George DeNormand
- John Corbin
- (Nicht genannt)
Cliff Edwards
- Officer
- (Nicht genannt)
Skelton Knaggs
- Finn
- (Nicht genannt)
Mike Lally
- Crew Member
- (Nicht genannt)
Sir Lancelot
- Billy Radd
- (Nicht genannt)
Nolan Leary
- Stenographer
- (Nicht genannt)
Handlung
WUSSTEST DU SCHON:
- WissenswertesRKO 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. According to Robert Wise, a longtime collaborator with Lewton, it was this set that gave Lewton the idea for the film. "He would find what we call a 'standing set,' and then tailor his script to the set, whatever it was. That's how he made The Ghost Ship. He walked onto a set and saw a tanker, then cooked up the idea for this ship with a murderous captain." One scholar has suggested that Lewton accepted the assignment in part because, as an amateur sailor himself, the ship captain's behavior mirrored Lewton's own views on how to manage a ship, but also because Lewton saw the plot as a way of criticizing his micro-managing superiors at RKO. The budget, as with all of Lewton's films, was set at $150,000.
- PatzerOne 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 und die weiße Frau (1933) that has been horizontally flipped.
- VerbindungenEdited from King Kong und die weiße Frau (1933)
Ausgewählte Rezension
Offbeat Lewton Tale
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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- Space_Mafune
- 17. Juni 2003
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- Ghost Ship
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- Budget
- 150.000 $ (geschätzt)
- Laufzeit1 Stunde 9 Minuten
- Farbe
- Seitenverhältnis
- 1.37 : 1
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