Ship of the Dead (1959)

6.6/10 98 min Adventure Drama

Overview

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

Cast

Horst Buchholz

Philip Gale, Amerikanischer Seeman

Mario Adorf

Lawski, Polnischer Kohlenschlepper

Helmut Schmid

Martin, Heizer auf der Yorikke

Alf Marholm

Kapitän der Yorikke

Elke Sommer

Mylène Loureau

Karl Lieffen

belgischer Kripobeamter

Kurt Pratsch-Kaufmann

belgischer Polizist

Alfred Balthoff

Henri Ballard, Passfälscher

Albert Bessler

amerikan. Konsul in Rotterdam

Günter Meisner

Paul

Claudia Gerstäcker

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