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Adventure

Souls at Sea

- Men Against The Sea! Stark Drama No Fiction Can Equal!

Michael 'Nuggin' Taylor and Powdah save lives during a sea tragedy in this story about the slave trade on the high seas during 1842.

Release Date : 1937-09-03

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Paramount Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Gary Cooper

Character Name : Michael 'Nuggin' Taylor

Original Name : Gary Cooper

Gender : Male

George Raft

Character Name : Powdah

Original Name : George Raft

Gender : Male

Frances Dee

Character Name : Margaret Tarryton

Original Name : Frances Dee

Gender : Female

Henry Wilcoxon

Character Name : Lieutenant Stanley Tarryton

Original Name : Henry Wilcoxon

Gender : Male

Harry Carey

Character Name : Captain of the William Brown

Original Name : Harry Carey

Gender : Male

Olympe Bradna

Character Name : Babsie

Original Name : Olympe Bradna

Gender : Female

Robert Cummings

Character Name : George Martin

Original Name : Robert Cummings

Gender : Male

Porter Hall

Character Name : Court Prosecutor

Original Name : Porter Hall

Gender : Male

George Zucco

Character Name : Woodley

Original Name : George Zucco

Gender : Male

Virginia Weidler

Character Name : Tina

Original Name : Virginia Weidler

Gender : Female

Joseph Schildkraut

Character Name : Gaston de Bastonet

Original Name : Joseph Schildkraut

Gender : Male

Gilbert Emery

Character Name : Capt. Martisel

Original Name : Gilbert Emery

Gender : Male

Lucien Littlefield

Character Name : Toymaker

Original Name : Lucien Littlefield

Gender : Male

Paul Fix

Character Name : Violinist

Original Name : Paul Fix

Gender : Male

Tully Marshall

Character Name : Pecora

Original Name : Tully Marshall

Gender : Male

Monte Blue

Character Name : Mate

Original Name : Monte Blue

Gender : Male

Stanley Fields

Character Name : Granley

Original Name : Stanley Fields

Gender : Male

Baby Peggy

Character Name : Bit Role (uncredited)

Original Name : Baby Peggy

Gender : Female

Robert Barrat

Character Name : The Reverend (uncredited)

Original Name : Robert Barrat

Gender : Male

Lina Basquette

Character Name : Brunette in Saloon (uncredited)

Original Name : Lina Basquette

Gender : Female

Leslie Francis

Character Name : Woodley's Secretary (uncredited)

Original Name : Leslie Francis

Gender : Male

Forrester Harvey

Character Name : Pub Proprietor (uncredited)

Original Name : Forrester Harvey

Gender : Male

Fay Holden

Character Name : Mrs. Martin (uncredited)

Original Name : Fay Holden

Gender : Female

Olaf Hytten

Character Name : Proprietor (uncredited)

Original Name : Olaf Hytten

Gender : Male

Alan Ladd

Character Name : Sailor (uncredited)

Original Name : Alan Ladd

Gender : Male

Ben Taggart

Character Name : Ship's Officer (uncredited)

Original Name : Ben Taggart

Gender : Male

Colin Tapley

Character Name : Donaldson (uncredited)

Original Name : Colin Tapley

Gender : Male

Jameson Thomas

Character Name : Pelton (uncredited)

Original Name : Jameson Thomas

Gender : Male

Robert Warwick

Character Name : Vice Admiral (uncredited)

Original Name : Robert Warwick

Gender : Male

Blue Washington

Character Name : Ship Slave (uncredited)

Original Name : Blue Washington

Gender : Male

Ward Bond

Character Name : Bit Part (uncredited)

Original Name : Ward Bond

Gender : Male

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2025-01-12

I never really found Gary Cooper to be the most invigorating of actors, but he delivers well here in this tale of maritime treachery. We start at a trial where he ("Nuggin") is being indicted for the killing of survivors from a seaborne disaster in the mid 1800s. It's while the evidence is being given that we are taken back on a retrospective of just how this honourable seaman found himself caught up, with his friend "Powdah" (George Raft) in the evil machinations of "Tarryton" (Henry Wilcoxon). When the boat he was travelling on manages to hit an iceberg, he is left to take charge. As usual there aren't enough spaces on the life boats so panic ensues, and a fairly "survival of the fittest" one at that, the results of which result in his current predicament. How to prove his innocence? Well that might lie in the hands of "Woodley" (George Zucco) who is working for the British Government on a mission to finally eradicate slavery, and who knows a thing or two about the real character of "Nuggin". It's a tautly directed adventure for the first half with plenty of duplicity going on, but when his relationship with "Margaret" (Frances Dee) starts to take a more prominent role in the story, we head into a rather disappointing form of 1930s soapdom. Raft tries his best and in many ways reminded me of Robert Newton but his loyal and decent character is sadly underused whilst the more interesting and perilous anti-slavery storyline becomes a little too subsumed amidst the lace and umbrellas. It's still a film that's well paced for the most part and one that makes you realise that the abolition of slavery in itself didn't actually halt this odious practice in the United States. There were still plenty of officials complicit in this lucrative activity.