Two Years before the Mast Movie Review 1946

Charles Stewart (Ladd) is the privileged son of a ship owner who discovers just how difficult a sailor's life in the 1840s can be. Drinking in a Boston waterfront dive, he's shanghaied and pressed into service aboard the S.S. Pilgrim, which is bound for California. Sadistic Captain Thompson (da Silva) brutalizes the men in an effort to set a record time for the voyage. Stewart and the crew eventually mutiny and face trial back in Boston. Based on the novel by Richard Henry Dana.

Distribution

Universal Studios Home Video, 100 Universal City Plz., Universal City, CA 91608-9955, Phone: (818)777-1000, Fax: (818)866-1483, URL: http://www.universalstudios.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS
Running time 98 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Adventure Drama, Period Piece: 19th Century, Sail Away, Boston, Order in the Court

Screenplay

George Bruce, Seton I. Miller

Cast

Alan Ladd, Howard da Silva, Brian Donlevy, William Bendix, Barry Fitzgerald, Albert Dekker, Darryl Hickman, Esther Fernandez

Cinematography

Ernest Laszlo

Director

John Farrow

Music

Victor Young

Producer

Paramount Pictures