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Vessel of Wrath (1938)

1h 32m

Running Time

Vessel of Wrath (1938)

Name: Vessel of Wrath
Genre: Romance, Comedy, Drama
Released: 1938-03-04

1h 32m

Running Time

Plot.

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.

Where to Watch.

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Cast & Crew.

Charles Laughton

Ginger Ted / Producer

Elsa Lanchester

Martha Jones

Robert Newton

The Controleur

Tyrone Guthrie

Dr Owen Jones

Eliot Makeham

The Native Head Clerk

Dolly Mollinger

Lia

D.A. Ward

Albert

J. Solomon

Sgt. Henrik

Erich Pommer

Director / Producer

W. Somerset Maugham

Story

Bartlett Cormack

Screenplay

Richard Addinsell

Original Music Composer

Jules Kruger

Director of Photography

Robert Hamer

Editor

Media.

Details.

Release Date
March 4, 1938

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 32m

Genres
Romance Comedy Drama

Last updated: 2025-04-12

This Movie Is About.

missionary

drunk

Wiki.

Vessel of Wrath is a 1938 British film directed by Erich Pommer, produced by Pommer, and starring Charles Laughton and Elsa Lanchester. It was based on the 1931 Somerset Maugham short story "The Vessel of Wrath". The film is also known as The Beachcomber in the US. It was produced by Pommer and Laughton's independent film production company, Mayflower Pictures.