Mutiny (1952) ANGELA LANSBURY

Stars: Angela Lansbury, Mark Stevens, Patric Knowles Director: Edward Dmytryk Writers: Hollister Noble (story) Early in the War of 1812, Captain James Marshall is commissioned to run the British blockade and fetch an unofficial war loan from France. First mate Ben Waldridge recruits his former gun crew who begin plotting mutiny as soon as they …

Law of the Sea (1931) ADVENTURE DRAMA

Stars: William Farnum, Priscilla Dean, Wally Albright Director: Otto Brower Writers: Lee Chadwick (story) A sadistic, evil ship captain lusts after a beautiful young girl he spots in town. It turns out that she’s the girlfriend of a young man whose father the captain had blinded and cast adrift on the ocean many years before! …

Sinners in Paradise (1938) ADVENTURE

Stars: Madge Evans, John Boles and Bruce Cabot Director: James Whale Writers: Harold Buckley (story and screenplay) During a violent storm, an airplane bound for China crash-lands on an uncharted South Sea island. All of the passengers, including a nurse, a fugitive criminal, a blonde strumpet, a crooked former senator, a “radical” heiress, a munitions …

Wallaby Jim of the Islands (1937) JUNGLE ADVENTURE

Stars: George Houston, Ruth Coleman, Douglas Walton Director: Charles Lamont Writer: Bennett Cohen (screenplay) Wallaby Jim and his men have just found a pricelessource of pearls in the South Pacific. But when an associate puts the whole operation in jeopardy, an unscrupulous rival decides to exploit the situation by jumping Jim’s claim! source

Windjammer (1937) ADVENTURE

Stars: George O’Brien, Constance Worth, William Hall Director: Ewing Scott Writers: Daniel Jarrett (screenplay), James Gruen (screenplay) In this high-seas adventure, an assistant state’s attorney must serve a subpoena upon a wealthy yacht owner. To do this, he poses as a playboy and signs on as a crewmember for a race across the Pacific to …