Summary: 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... (imdb)

AKA: Grischa the Cook

AKA: The Ship of Lost Men

Genres: Drama, Suspense/Thriller

Country: Germany

Directed By: Maurice Tourneur

Written By: Maurice Tourneur, Franzos Keremen

Starring: Marlene Dietrich, Gaston Modot, Vladimir Sokoloff, Fritz Kortner, Robin Irvine, Feodor Chaliapin Jr., Boris de Fast, Max Maximilian

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