Hell-Ship Morgan
1936 · Movie · 65 min. · United States
After getting in a fight in a waterfront café over a girl, Captain Ira "Hell-Ship" Morgan hires Jim Allen and they become good friends. Morgan befriends a desperate girl, Mary Taylor, and, out of gratitude, she agrees to marry him. Morgan gives her the magnificent Callao pearl as a wedding present. But Mary and Jim fall in love and are found together one night by a sailor, and Mary is forced to give him the pearl to keep him quiet. Morgan finds out about it. A terrific storm comes up and Morgan taunts Allen into going over the side to make repairs. Allen is injured but Morgan saves his life but breaks his own back.
Direction D. Ross Lederman
Cast George Bancroft · Ann Sothern · Victor Jory · George Regas · Howard C. Hickman · Ralph Byrd · Rollo Lloyd · Fred 'Snowflake' Toones · Harry C. Bradley
Screenplay Harold Shumate
Cinematography Henry Freulich
Original title Hell-Ship Morgan
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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