The Blood Ship Backdrop Blur
The Blood Ship Poster

The Blood Ship

A disgraced sea captain signs on as a crewman on a cargo ship. He discovers that the vessel is captained by the very man who stole his ship, a sadistic brute who also took the former captain's wife and daughter. The ship's crew is composed mostly of sailors who were shanghai'ed aboard and are kept in line by the brutal captain and his even more fearsome first mate. The captain and one of his fellow crewmen--who has fallen in love with the man's daughter, who now belongs to the brutal captain--try to unite the crew to end the brutal reign of the captain and his henchman. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Sony Pictures Entertainment in 2007.

Top Cast

  • Hobart Bosworth

    Hobart Bosworth

    Jim Newman

  • Jacqueline Logan

    Jacqueline Logan

    Mary Swope Newman

  • Richard Arlen

    Richard Arlen

    John Shreve

  • Walter James

    Walter James

    Capt. Angus Swope

  • Fred Kohler

    Fred Kohler

    First Mate Fitz

  • James Bradbury Sr.

    James Bradbury Sr.

    The Knitting Swede

  • Arthur Rankin

    Arthur Rankin

    Nils

  • Syd Crossley

    Syd Crossley

    Cockney Bouncer

  • Frank Hemphill

    Frank Hemphill

    Second Mate

Overview

A disgraced sea captain signs on as a crewman on a cargo ship. He discovers that the vessel is captained by the very man who stole his ship, a sadistic brute who also took the former captain's wife and daughter. The ship's crew is composed mostly of sailors who were shanghai'ed aboard and are kept in line by the brutal captain and his even more fearsome first mate. The captain and one of his fellow crewmen--who has fallen in love with the man's daughter, who now belongs to the brutal captain--try to unite the crew to end the brutal reign of the captain and his henchman. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Sony Pictures Entertainment in 2007.

Rating

7.7 / 10
3 Reviews
0 Popular

Recommendations

The Sea Chase

As the Second World War breaks out, German freighter captain Karl Ehrlich is about to leave Sydney, Australia with his vessel, the Ergenstrasse. Ehrlich, an anti-Nazi but proud German, hopes to outrun or out-maneuver the British warship pursuing him. Aboard his vessel is Elsa Keller, a woman Ehrlich has been ordered to return to Germany safely along with whatever secrets she carries. When Ehrlich's fiercely Nazi chief officer Kirchner commits an atrocity, the British pursuit becomes deadly.

The Sea Chase

6.2 1955