The Ghost Ship

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The Ghost Ship ★★½ 1943

A young sailor signs on as third mate on a ship, only to find out theat the captain is a sadistic martinet who doesn't mind endangering his crew to prove his authority. Better than it should have been B-picture was supposedly commissioned because the studio had an expensive leftover ship set and wanted an excuse to use it again. 69m/B DVD . Richard Dix, Russell Wade, Edith Barrett, Lawrence Tierney, Steve Forrest, Ben Bard, Edmund Glover; D: Mark Robson; W: Donald Henderson Clarke; C: Nicholas Musuraca; M: Roy Webb.

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