The read
Critics rate it 16 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 9m.
Synopsis
Captain Stone's newly recruited officer, Tom Merriam, idolizes his senior who treats him like a friend. But when a couple of his crew members die mysteriously, Tom starts doubting Stone's authority.
Ratings
IMDb6.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes82%
Critics rate it 16 points higher than audiences do.
76 audience votes
Key crew
- Mark RobsonDirector
- Roy WebbOriginal Music Composer
- Donald Henderson ClarkeScreenplay
Cast
- Richard DixCapt. Will Stone
- Russell WadeThird Officer Tom Merriam
- Edith BarrettEllen Roberts
- Ben BardFirst Officer Bowns
- Edmund GloverJacob 'Sparks' Winslow, Radioman
- Sir LancelotBilly Radd
- Lawrence TierneySeaman Louie Parker
- Dewey RobinsonBoats
- Skelton KnaggsPaolo 'Finn' Lindstrom, the Mute
- Paul MarionPeter, the Greek
- Robert BiceRaphael, the Steward
- Tom BurtonWilliam Benson
Stills
Themes
mutinyval lewtonsea captainauthoritarianism