Down to the Sea in Ships

Down to the Sea in Ships (1949)

Thar She Blows!

  • Genre: Drama, Adventure, Action
  • Release Date: 1949-02-15
  • User Rating: 6.9/10 from 14 ratings
  • Runtime: 2h 0min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: 20th Century Fox
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Henry Hathaway
star 6.9/10
From 14 Ratings

Summary

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.

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  • Richard Widmark

    as Dan Lunceford
  • Lionel Barrymore

    as Bering Joy
  • Dean Stockwell

    as Jed Joy
  • Cecil Kellaway

    as Slush Tubbs
  • Gene Lockhart

    as Andrew L. Bush
  • Berry Kroeger

    as Manchester
  • John McIntire

    as Thatch
  • Harry Morgan

    as Britton
  • Harry Davenport

    as Benjamin Harris
  • Paul Harvey

    as John Briggs
  • Jay C. Flippen

    as Luke Sewell
  • Robert Adler

    as Crew Member (uncredited)
  • Jimmy Hawkins

    as Boy (uncredited)
Directing Henry Hathaway Director
Writing Sy Bartlett Story
Writing Sy Bartlett Screenplay
Crew Ray Kellogg Special Effects
Editing Dorothy Spencer Editor
Art Walter M. Scott Set Decoration
Production Louis D. Lighton Producer
Writing John Lee Mahin Screenplay
Sound Edward B. Powell Orchestrator
Art Lyle R. Wheeler Art Direction
Sound Alfred Newman Music
Art Thomas Little Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up Charles LeMaire Costume Supervisor
Costume & Make-Up Ben Nye Makeup Artist
Sound Roger Heman Sr. Sound
Crew Fred Sersen Special Effects
Art Ben Hayne Art Direction
Camera Joseph MacDonald Director of Photography
Sound W. D. Flick Sound

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