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The Decks Ran Red

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The new captain (James Mason) of an old freighter suppresses a mutiny and the cook's wife (Dorothy Dandridge).

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Clyde Gilmour Maclean's Magazine Lots of action and suspense here, but much of the acting and dialogue is ludicrously overwrought. Nov 5, 2019 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews An enjoyable well-made b/w B-film about a bloody mutiny at sea that's based on a real-life incident that took place in 1905 on the freighter S. S. Berwind. Rated: B+ Sep 4, 2014 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Everything about this movie is poor. Its plot construction destroys any attempt to portray this apparently true story realistically. This one is never suspenseful: you always know what's going to happen next. In fact. it's fairly boring because you know right from the beginning that two crew members are intent upon destroying the ship. There is nothing exceptional in the acting: James Mason is always James Mason and Broderick Crawford is always Broderick Crawford. No one walks out of their skins and becomes another character. Does this even qualify as a B movie? This is certainly worse than most others of this genre. Everything here is off-kilter and mismatched and there seems to be no direction given and no post-production afterthought to anything, leading one to think that the studio was just churning out potboilers for the cash and the quality of the film meant nothing. This shows. The workmanship put into this film is meagre and it is a film that deserved a better fate. Worse than B movie fare, this feature provides only fractured glimpses of the real incident. A poorly conceived and poorly made film. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/16/23 Full Review ashley h The Decks Ran Red is an okay film. It is about a band of dishonest seamen who plan a murderous mutiny aboard the S.S. Berwind. James Mason and Dorothy Dandridge give good performances. The script is a little slow in places. Andrew L. Stone did an alright job directing this movie. I liked this motion picture because of the adventure and drama. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Routine but one of the few chances to see Dorothy Dandridge in a somewhat substantial role. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member dorothy makes this worth a watch Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Andrew L. Stone

Director

James Mason

Capt. Edwin Rummill

Dorothy Dandridge

Mahia

Broderick Crawford

Henry Scott

Stuart Whitman

Leroy Martin

Katharine Bard

Joan Rummill
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Movie Info

Synopsis The new captain (James Mason) of an old freighter suppresses a mutiny and the cook's wife (Dorothy Dandridge).
Director
Andrew L. Stone
Producer
Andrew L. Stone, Virginia L. Stone
Production Co
Andrew L. Stone Productions
Genre
Crime, Drama
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 24m