Down to the Sea in Ships

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.

• Henry HathawayDirector
• Sy BartlettScreenplay
• John Lee MahinScreenplay

• 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)