Down to the Sea in Ships

Down to the Sea in Ships

120 mins | Drama, Adventure | Feb. 15, 1949

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.

Down to the Sea in Ships

120 mins | Drama, Adventure | Feb. 15, 1949

Down to the Sea in Ships
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.
IMDb rating 7.3
Producers 20th Century Fox
Original title Down to the Sea in Ships
Directors Henry Hathaway
Writers Sy Bartlett, John Lee Mahin

Cast

Richard Widmark

as Dan Lunceford

Lionel Barrymore

as 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 John Briggs

Jay C. Flippen

as Luke Sewell