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Devil Ship

1947 · 62 min

A compact, stormy sea adventure with a love triangle and gangland betrayal, tense but easy to follow.

Directed by
Lew Landers
Genres
Adventure
Starring
Denver Pyle, Richard Lane, Louise Campbell
Tagline
Some Ships... Like Some Women... are poison to a man!
Overview
Captain Biff Brown owns a boat used to ferry prisoners from the mainland to Alcatraz. The police find some escape tools on his boat and, although Brown isn't involved, his contract is terminated and he goes back to tuna fishing. Brown takes his friend Sanderson to his boarding house and introduces him to his sweetheart Madge Harris and Sanderson also falls in love with her. A gang headed by Red Mason and trying to escape the country bribe Brown's engineer, Venatti, and are hiding on the boat the next time Brown and Sanderson take it out. They take over the boat but a storm is approaching...

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Directed by
Lew Landers
Genres
Adventure
Starring
Denver Pyle, Richard Lane, Louise Campbell
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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • betrayal
  • survival
  • crime
  • love
  • justice
Places
  • sea
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror1
Humour2
Realism6
Romance4
Tension6
Darkness5
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
adventure
Directed by
Lew Landers
Written by
Lawrence Taylor
Starring
Denver Pyle, Richard Lane, Louise Campbell, William Bishop, Damian O'Flynn, Anthony Caruso, Marc Krah, Anthony Warde
Runtime
62 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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