Ship of the Dead 1959
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After a line of mischief Philip Gale, an American sailor, is lured into hiring on the "Yorikke", a tramp cargo, by Lawski, a stoker from Poland. Still, the two become friends within the motley crew of losers from all nations. Gale and his new companion soon are more than disillusioned: the "Yorikke" is far from seaworthy and more of a coffin than a ship, work is close to slavery, and treatment by the officers and their subalterns is harsh and cynical. One day they make an alarming discovery in a tin of plum butter they have procured from the ship's cargo... Written by Anonymous
- Released: 1959-10-01
- Runtime: 98 minutes
- Genre: Adventure, Drama
- Stars: Horst Buchholz, Mario Adorf, Helmut Schmid, Alf Marholm, Werner Buttler
- Director: Georg Tressler, B. Traven, Ilse Voigt, Hans Jacoby, Werner Jörg Lüddecke
