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Ship of the Dead

1959 · 1h 38m · Adventure, Drama

After a line of mischief Philip Gale, an American sailor, is lured into hiring on the "Yorikke", a tramp cargo, by Lawski, a stoker from Poland. Still, the two become friends within the motley crew of losers from all nations. Gale and his new companion soon are more than disillusioned: the "Yorikke" is far from seaworthy and more of a coffin than a ship, work is close to slavery, and treatment by the officers and their subalterns is harsh and cynical. One day they make an alarming discovery in a tin of plum butter they have procured from the ship's cargo... Written by Anonymous

Cast

• Horst Buchholz as Philip Gale, Amerikanischer Seeman
• Mario Adorf as Lawski, Polnischer Kohlenschlepper
• Helmut Schmid as Martin, Heizer auf der Yorikke
• Alf Marholm as Kapitän der Yorikke
• Werner Buttler as Dils, 1. Ingenieu
• Elke Sommer as Mylène Loureau
• Karl Lieffen as belgischer Kripobeamter
• Kurt Pratsch-Kaufmann as belgischer Polizist
• Alfred Balthoff as Henri Ballard, Passfälscher
• Albert Bessler as amerikan. Konsul in Rotterdam
• Günter Meisner as Paul
• Panos Papadopulos as Popoff

Details

Director

Georg Tressler

Released

October 1, 1959

Runtime

1h 38m

Genres

Adventure, Drama

Studio

UFA and Producciones José Kohn

Status

Released

TMDB score

6.6 / 10 from 35 votes