The Blood Ship

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.

Top Cast

Hobart Bosworth

Jim Newman

Jacqueline Logan

Mary Swope Newman

Richard Arlen

John Shreve

Walter James

Capt. Angus Swope

Fred Kohler

First Mate Fitz

James Bradbury Sr.

The Knitting Swede

Arthur Rankin

Nils

Syd Crossley

Cockney Bouncer

N/A

Frank Hemphill

Second Mate

N/A

Chappell Dossett

Rev. Richard Deaken

Blue Washington

Negro