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Hell-Ship Morgan

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Original title

Hell-Ship Morgan

Year

1936

Running time

65 min.

Country

United States

Director

D. Ross Lederman

Screenwriter

Harold Shumate

Cast

Cinematography

Henry Freulich (B&W)

Producer

Columbia Pictures

Genre

Drama. Romance

Synopsis

After getting in a fight in a waterfront café over a girl, Captain Ira "Hell-Ship" Morgan hires Jim Allen and they become good friends. Morgan befriends a desperate girl, Mary Taylor, and, out of gratitude, she agrees to marry him. Morgan gives her the magnificent Callao pearl as a wedding present. But Mary and Jim fall in love and are found together one night by a sailor, and Mary is forced to give him the pearl to keep him quiet. Morgan finds out about it. A terrific storm comes up and Morgan taunts Allen into going over the side to make repairs. Allen is injured but Morgan saves his life but breaks his own back.

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Hell-Ship Morgan

1936

D. Ross Lederman