Ship of the Dead (1959)

After a line of mischief Philip Gale, an American sailor, is lured into hiring on the "Yorikke", a tramp cargo, by Lawski, a stoker from Poland. Still, the two become friends within the motley crew of losers from all nations. Gale and his new companion soon are more than disillusioned: the "Yorikke" is far from seaworthy and more of a coffin than a ship, work is close to slavery, and treatment by the officers and their subalterns is harsh and cynical. One day they make an alarming discovery in a tin of plum butter they have procured from the ship's cargo... Written by Anonymous

Released

1959-10-01

Genres

Adventure, Drama

Runtime

98 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Georg Tressler, Werner Jörg Lüddecke, Hans Jacoby

TMDB rating

6.6/10 from 35 votes