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      Slave Ship

      1937 1h 30m Action List
      Reviews 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. Read More Read Less

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      Ann Ross Maclean's Magazine Slave Ship is a combination of hokum romance, fair acting, good melodrama, and superb camera work. Oct 3, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews

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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