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Movie • 1949 • 2h • Drama / Adventure / Action

Down to the Sea in Ships

★ 7.2 on TMDB (20 votes)

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Story

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.

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Directed by

Henry Hathaway

Cast

Richard Widmark as Dan LuncefordLionel Barrymore as Bering JoyDean Stockwell as Jed JoyCecil Kellaway as Slush TubbsGene Lockhart as Andrew L. BushBerry Kroeger as ManchesterJohn McIntire as ThatchHarry Morgan as BrittonHarry Davenport as Benjamin HarrisPaul Harvey as John Briggs

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