The Captain Hates the Sea (1934)
1h 33m
Running Time
November 2, 1934Release Date
The Captain Hates the Sea (1934)
1h 33m
Running Time
November 2, 1934Release Date
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Plot.
Alcoholic newspaperman Steve Bramley boards the San Capador for a restful cruise, hoping to quit drinking and begin writing a book. Also on board are Steve's friend Schulte, a private detective hoping to nab criminal Danny Checkett with a fortune in stolen bonds. Steve begins drinking, all the while observing the various stories of other passengers on board, several of whom turn out not to be who they seem to be.
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Cast & Crew.
Victor McLaglen
Junius P. Schulte
Wynne Gibson
Mrs. Jeddock
Alison Skipworth
Mrs. Yolanda Magruder
John Gilbert
Steve Bramley
Helen Vinson
Janet Grayson
Fred Keating
Danny Checkett
Lewis Milestone
Director
Wallace Smith
Writer
Leon Errol
Layton
Joseph H. August
Cinematographer
Walter Connolly
Captain Helquist
Gene Milford
Editor
Tala Birell
Gerta Klangi
Walter Catlett
Joe Silvers
John Wray
Mr. Jeddock
Claude Gillingwater
Judge Griswold
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The Captain Hates the Sea is a 1934 comedy film directed by Lewis Milestone and released by Columbia Pictures. The film, which involves a Grand Hotel-style series of intertwining stories involving the passengers on a cruise ship, is notable as the last feature film of silent film icon John Gilbert and the first Columbia feature to include The Three Stooges (Curly Howard, Moe Howard and Larry Fine) in the cast, cast as the ship's orchestra. The film also stars Victor McLaglen, Arthur Treacher, Akim Tamiroff, Leon Errol and Walter Connolly.