Outward Bound (film)
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| Directed by | Robert Milton |
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Sutton Vane (play) J. Grubb Alexander |
| Starring |
Leslie Howard Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Helen Chandler Beryl Mercer Dudley Digges Alec B. Francis |
| Cinematography | Hal Mohr |
| Distributed by | Warner Brothers |
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83 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Outward Bound is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film based on the 1924 hit play of the same name by Sutton Vane. It stars Leslie Howard, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Helen Chandler, Beryl Mercer, Montagu Love, Alison Skipworth, Alec B. Francis, and Dudley Digges. The film was later remade, with some changes, as Between Two Worlds (1944).
Henry and Ann (Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Helen Chandler), a pair of young lovers, are planning to commit suicide and are worried about what will happen to their dog when they are gone. The scene then changes to a disparate group of passengers who find themselves aboard a darkened, fog-enshrouded crewless boat, sailing to an unknown destination.
Their stories are revealed one by one. Tom Prior (Leslie Howard), a prodigal son, discovers that he's traveling with his ex-boss, Mr. Lingley (Montagu Love), a captain of industry; Tom's mother, Mrs. Midget (Beryl Mercer), whose identity is unknown to him, is curious about how her son is doing; Mrs. Cliveden-Banks (Alison Skipworth), an affected socialite, chats with Scrubby the steward (Alec B. Francis); Rev. William Duke (Lyonel Watts), a clergyman, is keen about his missionary work in the London slums; and the young couple, Henry and Ann, who are facing an impossible love affair and have decided that they cannot live without each other. They now wonder if they will be together forever.
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