The Sea Wolf (1941) Edward G Robinson RARE DVD | Richfield, UT | 444502 | Movies, Music and TV

Edward G. Robinson as Wolf Larsen
Ida Lupino as Ruth Webster
John Garfield as George Leach
Alexander Knox as Humphrey van Wyden
Gene Lockhart as Louis J. Prescott
Barry Fitzgerald as Cookie
Stanley Ridges as Johnson
David Bruce as Young Sailor
Francis McDonald as Svenson
Howard Da Silva as Harrison
Frank Lackteen as Smoke

Jack London's exciting tale of the sea and of the nefarious Captain Wolf Larsen makes for a riveting, atmospheric high-seas adventure. Adapted for the screen by Robert Rossen, the story plots the course of three civilians who find themselves on board the aptly-named turn-of-the-century schooner "Ghost" helmed by the tyrannical Larsen. Edward G. Robinson, in a dynamic and complex portrayal, plays the hardened captain who finds it's "better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven". As the newest members of this "hell ship", a lovely Ida Lupino and a handsome John Garfield are both fugitives from the law and Alexander Knox is the idealistic writer forced to face the barbaric side of human nature. Gene Lockhart does well as the drunken ship's doctor and Barry Fitzgerald is especially memorable in a surprisingly effective and offbeat characterisation as the vile cockney cook with an annoyingly sardonic laugh. This rather underrated film which was directed by the notoriously tyrannical Hungarian Michael Curtiz is definitely worth viewing: THE SEA WOLF remains a rip-roaring action film which gives berth to both high adventure and intelligent characterisations - a classic of its kind.

Region 0 or FREE so DVD will play worldwide

Video/Audio quality is very good 8/10

DVD comes with custom professional disc artwork

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