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Down to the Sea in Ships
Film / 1949

Down to the Sea in Ships

Directed by Henry Hathaway
DramaAdventureAction

★ 7.2/10Audience rating

During a whaling expedition in the late 1800's, the aging Captain Bering Joy (Lionel Barrymore) and his new first mate, Dan Lunceford (Richard Widmark) engage in a battle of wills concerning the education of the captain's struggling grandson.

The story

During a whaling expedition in the late 1800's, the aging Captain Bering Joy (Lionel Barrymore) and his new first mate, Dan Lunceford (Richard Widmark) engage in a battle of wills concerning the education of the captain's struggling grandson.

Cast

Richard WidmarkDan Lunceford Lionel BarrymoreBering Joy Dean StockwellJed Joy Cecil KellawaySlush Tubbs Gene LockhartAndrew L. Bush Berry KroegerManchester John McIntireThatch Harry MorganBritton Harry DavenportBenjamin Harris Paul HarveyJohn Briggs Jay C. FlippenLuke Sewell Robert AdlerCrew Member (uncredited)
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Jimmy HawkinsBoy (uncredited) Dorothy AdamsMiss Hopkins (uncredited) Arthur HohlBlair (uncredited) Fuzzy KnightLern Sykes (uncredited) Minerva UrecalMother (uncredited)

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