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Souls at Sea is a american film of genre Drama directed by Henry Hathaway released in USA on 3 september 1937 with Gary Cooper

Souls at Sea (1937)

Souls at Sea
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Released in USA 3 september 1937
Length 1h32
Directed by ,    
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Action,    Adventure
Rating67% 3.392913.392913.392913.392913.39291

Souls at Sea is a 1937 American adventure film directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Gary Cooper, George Raft, and Frances Dee. Based on a story by Ted Lesser, the film is about a first mate on a slave ship who frees the slaves on the ship after a mutiny overthrows the ship's captain. The title of this film was spoofed in the Laurel and Hardy comedy film Saps at Sea (1940).

Synopsis

The story is based on two distinct early 19th-century themes, including the attempts by abolitionists (Cooper and Raft) to end the slave trade. Although the U.S. Constitution ended the importation of slaves in 1808, slaves were still being brought into the country under foreign flags. The abolition of slavery by Great Britain helped reduce legal trade in slaves by putting the British navy into action against slave traders, but even Britain had its supporters of the trade (here represented by Wilcoxon, as a British naval officer acting for the slave interests). The collision between Cooper and Wilcoxon is complicated by Wilcoxon's sister (Dee) falling in love with Cooper.

Actors

Gary Cooper

(Michael 'Nuggin' Taylor)
George Raft

(Powdah)
Frances Dee

(Margaret Tarryton)
Henry Wilcoxon

(Lieutenant Stanley Tarryton)
Harry Carey

(Captain of the William Brown)
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