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An outbreak of cholera threatens a luxury liner in this surprisingly low-budget melodrama from RKO. En route from Shanghai to San Francisco, chief engineer Crusher McKay (Victor McLaglen) and shipboard doctor Tony Craig (Chester Morris) become rivals for the attention of nurse Ann Grayson (Wendy Barrie). A Chinese stowaway, meanwhile, infects the stokehold with cholera and it is left to Crusher to keep the engines at full throttle until reaching harbor. But morale sinks to an all-time low when Crusher himself is stricken and the overworked men threaten with mutiny. Tony attempts to keep the stokers in check but the situation is growing more dangerous by the minute when a heroic Crusher rises from his sickbed. Leaving their previous petty squabbles behind, Tony and Crusher manage to guide the ship safely to harbor, where the doc and Ann rekindle their romance.
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- verified Status: Released
- calendar_month Release Date: 1939-01-06
- video_camera_front Companies RKO Radio Pictures
- timer Runtime: 76 Mins
- star Rating: 5.2 / 10
- favorite Likes: 11 Likes
- info IMDB ID tt0031774
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Victor McLaglen
Crusher McKay
Chester Morris
Doctor Craig
Wendy Barrie
Ann Grayson
Alan Hale
Gallagher
Barry Fitzgerald
Britches
Allan Lane
Bilson
Halliwell Hobbes
Captain Mathews
Cy Kendall
Deadeyes
Paul Guilfoyle
Wishart
John Wray
Metcalfe
Emory Parnell
Olaf
Adia Kuznetzoff
Silvio
John Bleifer
Kovac
Ted Billings
Stoker (uncredited)
Eddie Bracken
Junior officer (uncredited)
Tyler Brooke
Ship Steward (uncredited)
Donald Douglas
Ship's Officer (uncredited)
Grace Hayle
Fat Passenger (uncredited)
Selmer Jackson
San Francisco Port Doctor (uncredited)
Florence Lake
Miss Smith - Dancing with Crusher (uncredited)
Arthur Loft
Engineering Officer Dearborn (uncredited)
Walter Miller
Ship's Officer (uncredited)
Frank Mills
Crew Member (uncredited)
Miki Morita
Chinese Stowaway (uncredited)
Jack O'Shea
Navigator (uncredited)
Douglas Walton
Engineering Officer Bates (uncredited)
Anthony Warde
Crew Member (uncredited)
Ernest Whitman
Professor - Black Stoker (uncredited)
groups Crew
Vernon L. Walker
Special Effects
Van Nest Polglase
Art Direction
Robert Russell Bennett
Music Director
John E. Tribby
Sound Recordist
Robert Sisk
Producer
Harry Marker
Editor
Lee S. Marcus
Production Executive
Sam Ruman
Assistant Director
Darrell Silvera
Set Decoration
Edward Stevenson
Costume Design
Albert S. D'Agostino
Assistant Art Director
Lew Landers
Director
Henry Roberts Symonds
Story
John Twist
Screenplay
Anthony Coldeway
Story
Nicholas Musuraca
Director of Photography
Robert Russell Bennett
Original Music Composer
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