The Mystery of the Marie Celeste – 1935 | 80 mins | Drama | B&W

Plot Synopsis

The Mystery of the Marie Celeste was an ambitious Hammer production, it seems to have been a lavish undertaking and it is interesting to find that, among those involved in this particular explanation of a celebrated maritime mystery was none other that the former Count Dracula, Bela Lugosi, ensuring the film its American release under the title The Phantom Ship.

Unfortunately the film, which offers a solution to the famous seafaring mystery, turned out to be a rather dull affair, with Lugosi playing the role of Anton Lorenzen, a sailor who kills his fellow crew members as an act of revenge before jumping overboard and swimming ashore. The cast and Denison Clift’s script and direction are of a strictly routine nature.