Souls At Sea (1937) - (Movie Clip) Sir Walter Raleigh Only Offered His Cape

Souls At Sea (1937) -- (Movie Clip) Stench Of The Slave Deck

Gary Cooper as Taylor and George Raft as Powdah enjoy a sea shanty in the brig when Tarryton (Henry Wilcoxon), who’s up to his neck in nefarious slave trade, offers an apology for his unfounded accusations leading to their arrest, really just protecting his interest, in Souls At Sea, 1937.

Souls At Sea (1937) -- (Movie Clip) Such Unmitigated Atrocity

Director Henry Hathaway’s opening, George Zucco, whom we’ll learn is a British agent, Porter Hall as the prosecutor, Gary Cooper in the dock, Frances Dee a complainant, but there’s more to it, in Souls At Sea, 1937, based on the of historic wreck of the William Brown.

Souls At Sea (1937) -- (Movie Clip) To Sleep, Perchance To Dream

In a flashback from his Philadelphia trial in 1842, we find Gary Cooper as sailor Taylor, with his mate Powdah (George Raft), unhappy about the conduct of their captain (Stanley Fields) on their slave ship off West Africa, Henry Hathaway directing Paramount’s Souls At Sea, 1937.