After getting in a fight in a waterfront café over a girl, Captain Ira "Hell-Ship" Morgan hires Jim Allen and they become good friends. Morgan befriends a desperate girl, Mary Taylor, and, out of gratitude, she agrees to marry him.
Is it worth a watch? Look, if you like movies where men stand around looking intense in pea coats, Hell-Ship Morgan is basically your holy grail. It’s a classic pre-code era melodrama. If you prefer your pacing tight and your dialogue natural, you might find the whole thing a bit exhausting. It’s perfect for people who...
Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
D. Ross Lederman
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"Is it worth a watch? Look, if you like movies where men stand around looking intense in pea coats, Hell-Ship Morgan is basically your holy grail. It’s a classic pre-code era melodrama. If you prefer your pacing tight and your dialogue natural, you might find the whole thing a bit exhausting. It’s perfect for people who like their cinema to feel like a dusty, half-forgotten story pulled from an attic trunk. ⚓ George Bancroft plays the Captain with so much focused, angry energy that I wondered if..."
Harold Shumate
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