Ship of Lost Men (1929) DVD-R

Starring Marlene Dietrich, Fritz Kornter, Robin Irvine, Vladmir Sokoloff, Gaston Modot
Directed by Maurice Tourneur

Print: black/white
Runtime: 121 min.
Genre: drama
Print Quality: B

Vela, cynical captain of a slow, decrepit sailing ship, sells passage out of Germany to
fugitives. His crew are no angels either. Cheyne, a young American doctor visiting the ship,
is shanghaied on a 3-month voyage to Brazil when Vela abruptly embarks. In mid-ocean,
Cheyne rescues the survivor of a watery plane crash, lovely American heiress Ethel Marley;
he and the ship's cook keep her hidden from captain and crew. But a brutal incident leads to
mutiny and murder, putting the two Americans in great danger...building to a cliffhanger
climax.