The Wreck of the Hesperus (1948)

NR02/04/1948Drama1h 10m
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OUT OF DARK SEAS...DARK DEEDS! OUT OF SOFT ARMS...WILD RAPTURE!

Overview

The story of an ex-sea captain who uses devious means to make his salvage company a success. Based on Longfellow's famous poem.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Willard Parker

    John Macready

  2. Cast 1

    Edgar Buchanan

    George Lockhart

  3. Cast 1

    Patricia Barry

    Deborah Allen

  4. Cast 1

    Holmes Herbert

    Pastor West

  5. Cast 1

    Wilton Graff

    Caleb Cross

  6. Boyd Davis

    Gov. Lincoln

  7. Cast 1

    Jeff Corey

    Joshua Hill

  8. Cast 1

    Paul Campbell

    Ned Jones

  9. Cast 1

    Paul E. Burns

    Rudolph Zeiss

Willard Parker is a little bit wooden here as former sea captain "John Macready", who runs a salvage business with his partner "George Lockhart" (Edgar Buchanan) in a coastal Maine town. One night, after a particularly violent Atlantic storm, he becomes aware that a recently wrecked ship might have been done so deliberately - and that his partner might be implicated. The challenge is, how can he prove this without looking equally guilty himself, and get the Governor (Boyd Davis) to get the State to erect a lighthouse to warn other ships of the dangers? Director John Hoffman has made quite a de...

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Original LanguageEnglish 

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