Down to the Sea in Ships (1949 film)
| Down to the Sea in Ships | |
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| Directed by | Henry Hathaway |
| Produced by | Louis D. Lighton |
| Written by | Sy Bartlett |
| Screenplay by | John Lee Mahin |
| Starring |
Richard Widmark Lionel Barrymore |
| Music by | Alfred Newman |
| Cinematography | Joseph MacDonald |
| Edited by | Dorothy Spencer |
| Distributed by | Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation |
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120 min. |
| Country |
 United States
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| Language | English |
| Box office | $1,650,000 |
Down to the Sea in Ships is a 1949 seafaring drama directed by Henry Hathaway, starring Richard Widmark and Lionel Barrymore. The supporting cast includes , Cecil Kellaway, Gene Lockhart, and John McIntire. This was a remake of the silent film version, directed by Elmer Clifton and starring Marguerite Courtot, Raymond McKee and Clara Bow.
Whaling ship captain Bering Joy (Lionel Barrymore) takes his grandson Jed () on a whaling expedition in order to teach the young boy real life values such as honesty, courage, wisdom, fairness and hard work. However it is First Mate Lunceford (Richard Widmark) who teaches him about life.
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