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Slave Ship

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Now that Captain Lovett (Warner Baxter) is getting married, he wants to move out of slave-trading and into a more honorable line of work. Lovett instructs his crew to go aboveboard, but first mate Jack (Wallace Beery) and the others don't want to give up their lucrative business. Led by the sneering Lefty, the crew stages a mutiny and then loads the ship up with its familiar cargo. Lovett must devise a plan to take back his ship and punish the traitors.

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Ann Ross Maclean's Magazine 10/03/2019
Slave Ship is a combination of hokum romance, fair acting, good melodrama, and superb camera work. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Tay Garnett

Director

Warner Baxter

Jim Lovett

Wallace Beery

Jack Thompson

Elizabeth Allan

Nancy Marlowe
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Synopsis Now that Captain Lovett (Warner Baxter) is getting married, he wants to move out of slave-trading and into a more honorable line of work. Lovett instructs his crew to go aboveboard, but first mate Jack (Wallace Beery) and the others don't want to give up their lucrative business. Led by the sneering Lefty, the crew stages a mutiny and then loads the ship up with its familiar cargo. Lovett must devise a plan to take back his ship and punish the traitors.
Director
Tay Garnett
Genre
Action
Original Language
English
Release Date (DVD)
Jul 31, 2012
Runtime
1h 30m