The read
It runs a compact 1h 16m.
Synopsis
Tough Caribbean freighter Captain Sam Whelan engages Sally Clark, a tramp masquerading as a missionary's daughter, to care for an abandoned baby on board his ship. En route to New York, ships mate Gatson sexually attacks her. The Captain knocks Gatson overboard in an ensuing scuffle. A romance developing between the Captain and Miss Clark is put to the test in New York after an assault investigation uncovers the girl's questionable past.
Ratings
IMDb5.6/10
7 audience votes
Key crew
- Edward SlomanDirector
- Melville BakerWriter
- Adelaide HeilbronWriter
Cast
- Gary CooperCaptain Sam Whalan
- Claudette ColbertSally Clark
- Averell HarrisMate Gatson
- Richard SpiroSammy
- Douglass DumbrilleAlisandroe
- Raquel DavidovichMaria Estella
- Hamtree HarringtonAloysius
- Sidney EastonMark
- Joan BlairGertrude
- Charlotte WyntersFlo
- Herschel MayallMrs. Morrisey
- Joseph CalleiaThe Agent
Stills
Themes
danceblackmailpre-codeschooner