Rating: - Brilliant cast does wonders with Jack London tale...
Edward G. Robinson puts his own brand of cruelty on the role of a freighter captain who tyrannizes his crew and some unexpected passengers (Ida Lupino, John Garfield, Alexander Knox) in this taut, suspenseful psychological melodrama with no shortage of brooding atmosphere.
Based on the famous Jack London story of Wolf Larsen (Robinson), the callous and inhuman skipper of a schooner, who proceeds to make life hell for his crew and his unwilling passengers rescued from a sinking ferryboat. Lupino and Garfield are a couple of losers with a past; Knox is a mild-mannered novelist. The romantic angle between Garfield and Ida is underplayed with the accent more on the brooding tension aboard the schooner.
Under Michael Curtiz' direction, all the performances are first-rate and Erich Wolfgang Korngold's intriguing score helps sustain the tense mood of passengers adrift on a fog-shrouded sea. Alexander ... Read More
Rating: - Korngold score
One of the significant highlights of this classic film is the musical score of Erich Wolfgang Korngold.
Rating: - Philosophies at Sea
A ship sails through the fog of 1900 San Francisco. In a bar an agent is trying to hire sailors for the "Ghost". One man will take the first job available. The ferry to San Francisco is struck by a large steamship in the night and fog (symbolizing that era). A man and a woman are rescued by the "Ghost". Humphrey Van Weyden will become the cabin boy, a low level job for a writer. We learn something about the men on that boat. Captain Wolf Larsen gets a headache (a sign of a fatal disease?). The struggle for existence made Larsen brutal and callous. He is a self-made man and proud of it. The woman speaks. She isn't a lady, "she's one of us" says a crewman. The doctor tries to save this woman, and succeeds. The writer analyzes Larsen's psyche. Dr. Prescott wants to be respected if it's the last thing he does.
A few men jump Larsen and first mate Svenson to throw them overboard. But Larsen survives and searches ... Read More
Rating: - The sum of winner wills!
The febrile pen of Jack, London, plus the fit direction of Michael Curtiz, and the superb performance of Edward G. Robinson as the evil commander of the ship make of this movie one of the best exponents in its genre.
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