Down to the Sea in Ships (1949)
Thar She Blows!
120 min
During a whaling expedition in the late 1800's, the aging Captain Bering Joy (Lionel Barrymore) and his new first mate, Dan Lunceford (Richard Widmark) engage in a battle of wills concerning the education of the captain's struggling grandson.
- Release date
- February 15, 1949
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Alfred Newman
- Box office
- $1,650,000
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Cast
- Richard Widmark as First Mate Dan Lunceford
- Lionel Barrymore as Capt. Bering Joy
- Dean Stockwell as Jed Joy
- Cecil Kellaway as Slush Tubbs
- Gene Lockhart as Andrew L. Bush
- Berry Kroeger as Manchester
- John McIntire as Thatch
- Harry Morgan as Britton
- Harry Davenport as Benjamin Harris
- Paul Harvey as Capt. John Briggs
- Jay C. Flippen as Luke Sewell
- Robert Adler as Crew Member (uncredited)
- Jimmy Hawkins as Boy (uncredited)
- Dorothy Adams as Miss Hopkins (uncredited)
- Arthur Hohl as Blair (uncredited)
- Fuzzy Knight as Lern Sykes (uncredited)
- Minerva Urecal as Mother (uncredited)
Crew
- Henry Hathaway · Director
- John Lee Mahin · Writer
- Sy Bartlett · Writer
- Louis D. Lighton · Producer
- Alfred Newman · Composer
- Joseph MacDonald · Cinematographer
- Dorothy Spencer · Editor