The Sea Wolf (1941 film)

The Sea Wolf is a 1941 American blackandwhite film adaptation of Jack Londons novel The Sea Wolf with Edward G. Robinson, Ida Lupino, and John Garfield. The film was written by Robert Rossen and directed by Michael Curtiz.

Refined fiction writer Humphrey van Weyden Knox and escaped convict Ruth Webster Ida Lupino are passengers on a ship that collides with another vessel and sinks. They are rescued by the Ghost, a sealhunting ship. At the helm is the brutal Captain Wolf Larsen Edward G. Robinson, a compassionless individual who delights in dominating and abusing his crew.Larsen refuses to return to port early and forces van Weyden to work as the new cabin boy, replacing the rebellious George Leach John Garfield. When Prescott Gene Lockhart, the drunken ships doctor, determines that the unconscious Webster needs a transfusion to survive, Larsen volunteers Leach, even though there is no way to test if his blood is compatible. Fortunately, it is, and she recovers. As time goes by, she comes to depend on Leach for protection and, despite himself, Leach falls in love with her. ........

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