The Sea Wolf

Apr 18, 1993

1h 30m

★ 6.3

Overview

Jack London's brutal Wolf Larson brings a shipwrecked aristocrat and a con woman aboard his doomed ship, the Ghost.

Genres

Adventure

TV Movie

Production Companies

Andrew J. Fenady Productions

Bob Banner Associates

Primedia Productions

Turner Pictures (I)

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Cast

Capt. Wolf Larsen

Charles Bronson

Flaxen Brewster

Catherine Mary Stewart

Johnson

Marc Singer

Dr. Picard

Len Cariou

Thomas C. 'Cookie' Mugridge

Clive Revill

Humphrey Van Weyden

Christopher Reeve

Leach

Shane Kelly

2nd Police Officer on Ferry Martinez

Gavin Buhr

Chandler / First Mate

Garry Chalk

Latimer

Tom McBeath

Ofty Ofty

Stan Barrett

Smoke

Dee Jay Jackson

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