Vessel of Wrath (1938)

  • NR
  • 03/04/1938 (GB)
  • Comedy, Drama, Romance
  • 1h 32m

HE'S GONE TO THE DOGS...And He Likes It!

Overview

Ginger Ted, AKA Edward Claude Wilson, a drunkard and womanizer, and Miss Jones, a missionary, live in the Alas Islands. During a cholera epidemic, Ginger Ted and Miss Jones are sent to an outlying part of the islands to run a hospital; on their return, their motorboat breaks down, and they are marooned overnight on a small island.

Erich Pommer

Director

W. Somerset Maugham

Story

Bartlett Cormack

Screenplay

Cast

Charles Laughton's headshot

Charles Laughton

Ginger Ted
Elsa Lanchester's headshot

Elsa Lanchester

Martha Jones
Robert Newton's headshot

Robert Newton

The Controleur
Tyrone Guthrie's headshot

Tyrone Guthrie

Dr Owen Jones
Eliot Makeham's headshot

Eliot Makeham

The Native Head Clerk
Dolly Mollinger's headshot

Dolly Mollinger

Lia
D.A. Ward's headshot

D.A. Ward

Albert
J. Solomon's headshot

J. Solomon

Sgt. Henrik

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