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Film / 1946
Two Years Before the Mast
Directed by
John Farrow
In 1834, Charles Stewart (Alan Ladd), the spoiled, dissolute son of a shipping magnate, is shanghaied aboard the Pilgrim, one of his father's own ships. He embarks upon a long, hellish sea voyage under the tyrannical rule of Captain Francis Thompson (Howard Da Silva), assisted by his first mate, Amazeen (William Bendix). One of his crewmates is Richard Henry Dana Jr. (Brian Donlevy).
The story
In 1834, Charles Stewart (Alan Ladd), the spoiled, dissolute son of a shipping magnate, is shanghaied aboard the Pilgrim, one of his father's own ships. He embarks upon a long, hellish sea voyage under the tyrannical rule of Captain Francis Thompson (Howard Da Silva), assisted by his first mate, Amazeen (William Bendix). One of his crewmates is Richard Henry Dana Jr. (Brian Donlevy).
Cast
Alan LaddCharles Stewart
Brian DonlevyRichard Henry Dana
William BendixFirst Mate Amazeen
Barry FitzgeraldTerence O'Feenaghty
Howard Da SilvaCaptain Francis A. Thompson
Esther FernándezMaria Dominguez
Albert DekkerBrown
Luis van Rooten2nd Mate Foster
Darryl HickmanSam Hooper
Roman BohnenMacklin
Ray CollinsGordon Stewart
Theodore NewtonHayes
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