A group of people are stuck on a schooner in the middle of the Pacific with no wind.
Acting
Pat O'Brien's slow unravel is genuinely unsettling.
Direction
Garnett makes nothing happening feel like doom.
Director
Tay Garnett
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot entirely on a soundstage with rear projection so bad it becomes art.
Spiritualism peaked in Depression-era films as audiences craved contact with lost loved ones.
US
