Down to the Sea in Ships

Feb 15, 1949

2h 0m

★ 7.1

Thar She Blows!

Overview

During a whaling expedition in the late 1800's, the aging Captain Bering Joy (Lionel Barrymore) and his new first mate, Dan Lunceford (Richard Widmark) engage in a battle of wills concerning the education of the captain's struggling grandson.

Genres

Drama

Adventure

Action

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

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Cast

Dan Lunceford

Richard Widmark

Bering Joy

Lionel Barrymore

Jed Joy

Dean Stockwell

Slush Tubbs

Cecil Kellaway

Andrew L. Bush

Gene Lockhart

Manchester

Berry Kroeger

Thatch

John McIntire

Britton

Harry Morgan

Benjamin Harris

Harry Davenport

John Briggs

Paul Harvey

Luke Sewell

Jay C. Flippen

Crew Member (uncredited)

Robert Adler

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