Action-filled drama about a ship captain, ashamed of his background in the slave trade, forced against his will to again transport human cargo.
Acting
Wallace Beery's unhinged villainy steals every scene.
Direction
Garnett stages mutiny with claustrophobic dread.
Director
Tay Garnett
Warner Baxter
Jim Lovett
Wallace Beery
Jack Thompson
Elizabeth Allan
Nancy Marlowe
Mickey Rooney
Swifty
George Sanders
Lefty
Joseph Schildkraut
Danelo
Jane Darwell
Mrs. Marlowe
Minna Gombell
Mabel
Francis Ford
Scraps
Miles Mander
Corey
Arthur Hohl
Grimes
Billy Bevan
Atkins
Edwin Maxwell
Auctioneer
Holmes Herbert
Commander
Paul Hurst
Drunk
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released the same year Margaret Mitchell won the Pulitzer for 'Gone with the Wind,' this film's unflinching portrayal of slave traders as villains was radical for Hollywood.
The Production Code struggled with this one—originally shot with more explicit horrors, then trimmed. Some lost footage allegedly showed actual historical ship diagrams used as set design.
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