The Sea Wolf Movie Review 1993

Yet another adaptation of Jack London's classic battle of wills tale. Captain Wolf Larsen (Bronson) commands a surly ship of seal hunters through sheer ruthlessness and ego. He rescues snobbish theatre critic Van Weyden (Reeve) and pretty scam artist Flaxen (Stewart) from a capsized ferry. The self-educated captain wants to test out his theories about survival of the fittest by making the rich Van Weyden his cabin boy (Flaxen gets leered at). Lots of teeth-gnashing and bellowing in this turgid TV remake, although Revill has fun as the sniveling Cookie. See the Edward G. Robinson version instead.

Distribution

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Available on VHS
Running time 120 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Books to Film: Jack London, Sail Away, Shipwrecked, Mutiny

Screenplay

Andrew J. Fenady

Cast

Charles Bronson, Christopher Reeve, Catherine Mary Stewart, Clive Revill

Director

Michael Anderson

Music

Charles Bernstein