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… |
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Ratings: | IMDB: 6.8/10 | |
Released: | October 1, 1959 | |
Runtime: | 97 min | |
Genres: | Adventure Drama | |
Countries: | Mexico | |
Companies: | Universum Film (UFA) UFA Producciones José Kohn | |
Cast: | Mario Adorf Horst Buchholz Helmut Schmid | |
Crew: | Georg Tressler Hans Jacoby Werner Jörg Lüddecke B. Traven | |
yellow_rose1 : Mr Dinklage is in it. I'm totally in now.