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Two Years Before the Mast
RELEASED • 1946 • DRAMA • ADVENTURE
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movie
Rating
3
Language
English
Runtime
98m
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Overview
In 1834, Charles Stewart (Alan Ladd), the spoiled, dissolute son of a shipping magnate, is shanghaied aboard the Pilgrim, one of his father's own ships. He embarks upon a long, hellish sea voyage under the tyrannical rule of Captain Francis Thompson (Howard Da Silva), assisted by his first mate, Amazeen (William Bendix). One of his crewmates is Richard Henry Dana Jr. (Brian Donlevy).
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Cast
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Alan Ladd
Charles Stewart
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Brian Donlevy
Richard Henry Dana
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William Bendix
First Mate Amazeen
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Barry Fitzgerald
Terence O'Feenaghty
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Howard Da Silva
Captain Francis A. Thompson
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Esther Fernández
Maria Dominguez
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Albert Dekker
Brown
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Luis van Rooten
2nd Mate Foster
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Darryl Hickman
Sam Hooper
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Roman Bohnen
Macklin
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