The Blood Ship (1927)
The Blood Ship (1927)
A disgraced sea captain signs on as a crewman on a cargo ship. He discovers that the vessel is captained by the very man who stole his ship, a sadistic brute who also took the former captain's wife and daughter. The ship's crew is composed mostly of sailors who were shanghai'ed aboard and are kept in line by the brutal captain and his even more fearsome first mate. The captain and one of his fellow crewmen--who has fallen in love with the man's daughter, who now belongs to the brutal captain--try to unite the crew to end the brutal reign of the captain and his henchman. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Sony Pictures Entertainment in 2007.

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Hobart Bosworth Hobart Bosworth As: Jim Newman
Jacqueline Logan Jacqueline Logan As: Mary Swope Newman
Richard Arlen Richard Arlen As: John Shreve
Walter James Walter James As: Capt. Angus Swope
Fred Kohler Fred Kohler As: First Mate Fitz
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Storyline

A disgraced sea captain signs on as a crewman on a cargo ship. He discovers that the vessel is captained by the very man who stole his ship, a sadistic brute who also took the former captain's wife and daughter. The ship's crew is composed mostly of sailors who were shanghai'ed aboard and are kept in line by the brutal captain and his even more fearsome first mate. The captain and one of his fellow crewmen--who has fallen in love with the man's daughter, who now belongs to the brutal captain--try to unite the crew to end the brutal reign of the captain and his henchman. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Sony Pictures Entertainment in 2007.


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Genres: Drama

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Release Date: 18 July 1927

Country: US

Runtime: 70m

Company Credits

Company: Columbia Pictures

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Cast

Hobart Bosworth

Hobart Bosworth

Jim Newman

Jacqueline Logan

Jacqueline Logan

Mary Swope Newman

Richard Arlen

Richard Arlen

John Shreve

Walter James

Walter James

Capt. Angus Swope

Fred Kohler

Fred Kohler

First Mate Fitz

James Bradbury Sr.

James Bradbury Sr.

The Knitting Swede

Arthur Rankin

Arthur Rankin

Nils

Syd Crossley

Syd Crossley

Cockney Bouncer

Frank Hemphill

Frank Hemphill

Second Mate

Chappell Dossett

Chappell Dossett

Rev. Richard Deaken

Blue Washington

Blue Washington

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J.O. Taylor

J.O. Taylor

Director of Photography

Harry Davis

Harry Davis

Director of Photography

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