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The Mystery of the Marie Celeste |
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The Mystery of the Marie Celeste - 1935 | 80 mins | Drama | B&WThe Production TeamDirector: Denison Clift. Producer: H. Fraser Passmore. Script: Charles Larkworthy. (from a story by Denison Clift) Cinematography: Eric Cross and Geoffrey Faithfull. Film Editing: John Seabourne Sr. Art Direction: J. Elder Wills. Original Music: Eric Ansell. |
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The CastBela Lugosi - Anton Lorenzen Shirley Grey - Sarah Briggs Arthur Margaretson - Capt. Briggs Edmund Willard - Toby Bilson George Mozart - Tommy Duggan Ben Welden - Boas Hoffman Dennis Hoey - Tom Goodschard Gibson Gowland - Andy Gillings Clifford McLaglen - Capt. Morehead |
Plot SynopsisThe 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. |
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