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The Sea Wolf (1941) — Ligoscope

The Sea Wolf

Film · 1941

The Sea Wolf

100 min · Directed by Michael Curtiz · NR

Adventure Drama

7.270
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Jack London's great novel of terror afloat.

Shipwrecked fugitives try to escape a brutal sea captain who's losing his mind.

Cast

Edward G. Robinson

Edward G. Robinson

'Wolf' Larsen

Ida Lupino

Ida Lupino

Ruth Webster

John Garfield

John Garfield

George Leach

Alexander Knox

Alexander Knox

Humphrey Van Weyden

Gene Lockhart

Gene Lockhart

Dr. Prescott

Barry Fitzgerald

Barry Fitzgerald

Cooky

Stanley Ridges

Stanley Ridges

Johnson

David Bruce

David Bruce

Young Sailor

Francis McDonald

Francis McDonald

Svenson

Howard Da Silva

Howard Da Silva

Harrison

Frank Lackteen

Frank Lackteen

Smoke

Ernie Adams

Ernie Adams

Cliff Clark

Cliff Clark

Richard Cramer

Richard Cramer

William Gould

William Gould

Ralf Harolde

Ralf Harolde

Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian

Ethan Laidlaw

Ethan Laidlaw

Wilfred Lucas

Wilfred Lucas

George Magrill

George Magrill

Louis Mason

Louis Mason

Frank Mills

Frank Mills

Charles Sullivan

Charles Sullivan

Crew

Director: Michael Curtiz
Producer: Henry Blanke
Writer: Jack London, Robert Rossen
Editor: George Amy
Cinematography: Sol Polito
Art Direction: Anton Grot
Composer: Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Sound: Oliver S. Garretson
Makeup: Perc Westmore

Details

Studios: Warner Bros. Pictures
Countries: United States of America
Languages: English
Certification: NR
Release: March 21, 1941

Themes

mutinyboatnorth atlanticfugitivesadistsea captainshipwreckedmorality talewolf larsenseal huntingmoral relativismphilosophy of morality

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