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Slave Ship

"MUTINY! and these captive lovers live a honeymoon of horror!"

1937

1h 32m

4.8(6 votes)

Adventure

Drama

Overview

Action-filled drama about a ship captain, ashamed of his background in the slave trade, forced against his will to again transport human cargo.

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64 members

Acting

Warner Baxter

Jim Lovett

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Wallace Beery

Jack Thompson

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Elizabeth Allan

Nancy Marlowe

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Mickey Rooney

Swifty

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George Sanders

Lefty

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Joseph Schildkraut

Danelo

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Jane Darwell

Mrs. Marlowe

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Minna Gombell

Mabel

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Francis Ford

Scraps

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Miles Mander

Corey

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Arthur Hohl

Grimes

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Billy Bevan

Atkins

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Edwin Maxwell

Auctioneer

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Holmes Herbert

Commander

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Paul Hurst

Drunk

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J. Farrell MacDonald

Proprietor

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Charles Middleton

Slave Dealer

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Marilyn Knowlden

Girl

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Douglas Scott

Boy

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J.P. McGowan

Helmsman

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DeWitt Jennings

Snodgrass

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Jane Jones

Ma Belcher

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Dorothy Christy

Blonde

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Dewey Robinson

Bartender

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Herbert Heywood

Old Man

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Winter Hall

Minister

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Arthur Aylesworth

Stranger

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Bull Anderson

Crew Member

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Matthew Beard

Black Boy on Pier

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Scotty Beckett

Boy

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John Bleifer

Crew Member

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Sven Hugo Borg

Crew Member

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Anita Brown

Slave Woman

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George Bruggeman

Crew Member

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James P. Burtis

Waiter

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John Burton

Officer

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Jack Byron

Crew Member

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Lon Chaney Jr.

Laborer Killed at Launching

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Russ Clark

Laborer

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Richard Clarke

Crew Member

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Larry Dods

Crew Member

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George Du Count

Crew Member

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Bobby Dunn

Crew Member

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Eddie Dunn

Ostler

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Art Dupuis

Crew Member

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Otto Fries

Singer

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Chester Gan

Crew Member

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Roy Glenn

Slave in Ship's Hold

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Charles Griffin

Crew Member

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Mel Kalish

Singer

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Fred Kelsey

Seaman at Auction

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Tom Kennedy

Bartender

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Edward LeSaint

Seaman at Auction

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Jack Low

Crew Member

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Frank Meredith

Crew Member

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James C. Morton

Waiter

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Remington Olmsted

Crew Member

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Lionel Pape

Commander

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Camera

Len Powers

Crew Member (uncredited)

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Robert St. Angelo

Crew Member

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Landers Stevens

Owner

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Jack Stoney

Crew Member

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Dale Van Sickel

Crew Member

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John Wallace

Crew Member

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