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DramaMysteryHorror

The Mystery of the Mary Celeste

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During a horrific storm at sea, the crew realizes that there is a murderer among them who is killing them off one by one.

Release Date : 1935-04-27

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Hammer Film Productions

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles : Phantom Ship

Cast

Bela Lugosi

Character Name : Anton Lorenzen

Original Name : Bela Lugosi

Gender : Male

Shirley Grey

Character Name : Sarah Briggs

Original Name : Shirley Grey

Gender : Female

Arthur Margetson

Character Name : Capt. Benjamin Briggs

Original Name : Arthur Margetson

Gender : Male

Edmund Willard

Character Name : Toby Bilson

Original Name : Edmund Willard

Gender : Male

Dennis Hoey

Character Name : Tom Goodschild

Original Name : Dennis Hoey

Gender : Male

George Mozart

Character Name : Tommy Duggan

Original Name : George Mozart

Gender : Male

Johnnie Schofield

Character Name : Peter Tooley

Original Name : Johnnie Schofield

Gender : Male

Gunner Moir

Character Name : Ponta Katz

Original Name : Gunner Moir

Gender : Male

Ben Welden

Character Name : Boas 'Sailor' Hoffman

Original Name : Ben Welden

Gender : Male

Clifford McLaglen

Character Name : Capt. Jim Morehead

Original Name : Clifford McLaglen

Gender : Male

Bruce Gordon

Character Name : Olly Deveau

Original Name : Bruce Gordon

Gender : Male

Gibson Gowland

Character Name : Andy Gilling

Original Name : Gibson Gowland

Gender : Male

Terence de Marney

Character Name : Charlie Kaye

Original Name : Terence de Marney

Gender : Male

Edgar Pierce

Character Name : Arian Harbens

Original Name : Edgar Pierce

Gender : Male

Herbert Cameron

Character Name : Volkerk Grot

Original Name : Herbert Cameron

Gender : Male

Wilfred Essex

Character Name : Horatio Sprague

Original Name : Wilfred Essex

Gender : Male

James Carew

Character Name : James Winchester

Original Name : James Carew

Gender : Male

Monti DeLyle

Character Name : Portunato

Original Name : Monti DeLyle

Gender : Male

Alec Fraser

Character Name : Cmdr. Mahon

Original Name : Alec Fraser

Gender : Male

Lucius Blake

Character Name : Sailor

Original Name : Lucius Blake

Gender : Male

Charles Mortimer

Character Name : Attorney General

Original Name : Charles Mortimer

Gender : Male

Graham Soutten

Character Name : Jack Sampson

Original Name : Graham Soutten

Gender : Male

J.B. Williams

Character Name : The Judge

Original Name : J.B. Williams

Gender : Male

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2023-04-17

When "Capt. Briggs" (Arthur Margetson) announces to his fellow captain "Morehead" (Clifford McLaglen) that he has pinched and married his gal "Sarah" (Shirley Grey), he also asks if he can "borrow" one of his crew to bring his up to speed. Rather enthusiastically, he agrees and off they sail. Not before long it is clear that it's not just the hostile environment that's posing a danger to all concerned and when someone amongst the crew takes a pot-shot at the captain - through his porthole window - director Denison Clift proceeds to offer us quite an intriguing prognosis as to just how this ship eventually turned up near Gibraltar lacking any signs of life. Bela Lugosi is eerily effective as "Lorenzen" as is Edmund Willard as first mate "Bilson" and the photography is dark, grainy and quite menacing as their voyage becomes more and more perilous. The production is poor, though. There is actuality cut through it, the dialogue is rather pedestrian and the presence of Grey seems to lessen the impact of the drama as her characterisation comes across as increasingly lacklustre - indeed, that could actually be said for most of them over the eighty minutes that takes too long to get seaborne before rushing to the plausibly speculative denouement. It looks as if it's been hacked a bit - and though the story still flows, there are some curious continuity gaps that don't help either. This is a solid story that could have been done more justice too had we spent a little longer getting to now the crew and understand what was driving each of them. As it is, it's just a bit too simplistic and hurried.