Henry Hathaway
Director
Down to the Sea in Ships (1949)
During a whaling expedition in the late 1800's, the aging Captain Bering Joy (Lionel Barrymore) and his new first mate, Dan Lunceford (Richard Widmark) engage in a battle of wills concerning the education of the captain's struggling grandson.
Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama
Keywords: tmdb.whaling, tmdb.quakerism, tmdb.iceberg, tmdb.ship, tmdb.whale, tmdb.whaling-ship, tmdb.19th-century + 36 more, tmdb.grandfather-grandson-relationship, imdb.first-mate, imdb.wisdom, imdb.ship-captain, imdb.honesty, imdb.fairness, imdb.cheating-on-a-test, imdb.autocracy, imdb.role-model, imdb.boy-to-man-transition, imdb.failing-in-school, imdb.4th-grade, imdb.sunken-boat, imdb.whale-attack, imdb.ship-s-master, imdb.crushed-to-death, imdb.broken-arm, imdb.ship-stuck-in-ice, tmdb.north-atlantic, tmdb.cabin-boy, tmdb.new-bedford-massachusetts, imdb.whaling, imdb.courage, imdb.pacific-ocean, imdb.sea, imdb.sea-captain, imdb.grandfather-grandson-relationship, imdb.boy, imdb.hathaway-and-widmark, imdb.sea-adventure, imdb.whale-oil, imdb.ship-s-crew, imdb.ocean, imdb.fishing-ship, imdb.american-seaman, aspectratio.1-37-1
Production Companies: 20th Century Fox
Country: United States
Production Country:
United States
Languages:
English
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Runtime: 120 min.
Released: Feb. 15, 1949
Status: Released
Revenue: $1,650,000
Certification: NR / 11+