Name: The Blood Ship
Released: 1927
Cast: Hobart Bosworth, Jacqueline Logan, Richard Arlen, Walter James, Fred Kohler

Cast & Crew

Film Details

Release Date

Aug 10, 1927

Premiere Information

New York premiere: 18 Jul 1927

Production Company

Columbia Pictures

Country

United States

Screenplay Information

Based on the novel The Blood Ship by Norman Springer (New York, 1922).

Technical Specs

Sound

Silent

Color

Black and White

Film Length

6,843ft (7 reels)

Synopsis

Captain Swope of the Golden Bough is dreaded by all seamen because of the cruelty with which he and Fitzgibbons, his first mate, treat their crews. When his ship berths at San Francisco, Newman, whose wife and daughter were kidnaped by Swope years before and who was framed for murder, inquires about the captain at The Knitting Swede's, a lodging house for sailors. Along with Newman, young John Shreve enlists on the vessel to be near Mary, believed to be the captain's daughter but in reality Newman's child. With a shanghaied crew, the ship leaves port. Swope recognizes Newman and has him put in irons. The crew mutinies, and Newman is released by Shreve and Mary, who, Newman learns, is his daughter. In a confrontation with Swope, Newman gets his revenge and Mary finds happiness with John.