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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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Top billed cast

  • Photo of Hobart BosworthHobart BosworthJim Newman
  • Photo of Jacqueline LoganJacqueline LoganMary Swope Newman
  • Photo of Richard ArlenRichard ArlenJohn Shreve
  • Photo of Walter JamesWalter JamesCapt. Angus Swope
  • Photo of Fred KohlerFred KohlerFirst Mate Fitz
  • Photo of James Bradbury Sr.James Bradbury Sr.The Knitting Swede
  • Photo of Arthur RankinArthur RankinNils
  • Photo of Syd CrossleySyd CrossleyCockney Bouncer
  • Photo of Frank HemphillFrank HemphillSecond Mate
  • Photo of Chappell DossettChappell DossettRev. Richard Deaken

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