Summary: This film is successful in capturing the spirit of Maugham's tale of slovenly remittance man Charles Laughton drinking and wenching away his monthly allowance in the picturesque Dutch Islands. Elsa Lanchester (the real-life Mrs. Laughton) plays the prim sister of sanctimonious missionary Tyrone Guthrie, who slowly regenerates the wastrelly Laughton. Our hero redeems himself fully through his courageous behavior during a cholera epidemic. (allmovie.com)

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AKA: Vessel of Wrath

Genre: Drama

Country: UK

Directed By: Erich Pommer

Written By: W. Somerset Maugham, Bartlett Cormack

Starring: Charles Laughton, Elsa Lanchester, Robert Newton, Tyrone Guthrie, Eliot Makeham

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