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Down to the Sea in Ships (1949) Plot Summary Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1949 · 120 mins · English
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- Directed by
- Henry Hathaway
- Starring
- Harry Morgan, Cecil Kellaway, John McIntire, Jay C. Flippen, Dean Stockwell, Harry Davenport
Set during a late‑19th‑century whaling expedition, aging Captain Bering Joy (Lionel Barrymore) and his ambitious new first mate, Dan Lunceford (Richard Widmark), clash over how to educate the captain’s underperforming grandson, a dispute that tests their authority and the crew’s morale amid the harsh sea.
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