The Devil's Skipper

Feb 1, 1928

0h 58m

★ 0.0

Overview

The Devil's Skipper was based on Demetrios Contos, a seafaring yarn by Jack London. Effectively cast against type, Belle Bennett plays a wronged woman who becomes the most brutal and feared slave-ship captain on the Seven Seas.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Tiffany-Stahl Productions

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Cast

The Devil Skipper

Belle Bennett

First Mate

Montagu Love

Philip La Farge

Gino Corrado

Marie La Farge

Mary McAllister

John Dubray

Cullen Landis

Nick the Greek

G. Raymond Nye

Captain McKenna

Pat Hartigan

Mate Cornish (as Adolph Millar)

Adolph Milar

Slave (as Caroline Snowden)

Carolynne Snowden

Slave's Husband

Stepin Fetchit

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