Search a film or person :
FacebookConnectionRegistration
Home > All films > Films Drama > The Sin Ship
The Sin Ship is a american film of genre Drama directed by Louis Wolheim released in USA on 18 april 1931 with Mary Astor

The Sin Ship (1931)

The Sin Ship
If you like this film, let us know!
Released in USA 18 april 1931
Length 1h5
Directed by ,    
OriginUSA
Genres Drama
Rating55% 2.76382.76382.76382.76382.7638

The Sin Ship is a 1931 Pre-code drama film produced and distributed by RKO Radio Pictures and directed by the actor Louis Wolheim in his only directorial effort. The film marks the last contribution Wolheim made to the film industry prior to his death from cancer one month shy of his fifty-first birthday. In addition to directing, Wolheim also starred in the picture, alongside Mary Astor and Ian Keith. The screenplay was written by Hugh Herbert (who also did double duty in the cast), from a story by Keene Thompson and Agnes Brand Leahy. The film was released in April 1931, two months after Wolheim's death, and is preserved at the Library of Congress.

Synopsis

Smiley Marsden (Ian Keith) is a bank-robber on the run from the police, with his moll, Frisco Kitty (Mary Astor). Cornered, they arrive at the San Francisco docks, where they convince the captain of a small cargo ship, Sam McVeigh (Louis Wolheim), to take them aboard on his run to Mexico, mostly because he is enchanted with Kitty. Marsden is posing as a minister. As the ship sets sail, every sailor aboard lusts after Kitty, none more so than the captain. One night, when inebriated, he corners Kitty in his cabin and begins to force himself on her. She stops him by basically telling him that he is better than that, which makes him do some deep soul-searching. During the rest of the voyage, Kitty manages to fend off the rest of the crew, with the help of the disarmed captain.

Actors

Mary Astor

(Frisco Kitty)Ian Keith

(Smiley Marsden)Louis Wolheim

(Captain Sam McVey)Hugh Herbert

(Charlie)Russ Powell

(Inspector Colby)
And :
Alan Roscoe
George Magrill
Trailer of The Sin Ship

Bluray, DVD

Streaming / VOD

Source : Wikidata

Comments


Leave comment :

Suggestions of similar film to The Sin Ship

There are 223 films with the same actors, 52 films with the same director, 61731 with the same cinematographic genres, to have finally 70 suggestions of similar films.

If you liked The Sin Ship, you will probably like those similar films :
The Lost Squadron
The Lost Squadron (1932)
, 1h19
Directed by George Archainbaud, Paul Sloane, James Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Historical
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Richard Dix, Mary Astor, Robert Armstrong, Joel McCrea, Hugh Herbert, Erich von Stroheim
Rating63% 3.1960753.1960753.1960753.1960753.196075
Captain "Gibby" Gibson (Richard Dix) and his close friend "Red" (Joel McCrea) spend the last hours of World War I in the air, shooting down more of the enemy. They then return to America with fellow pilot and comrade "Woody" Curwood (Robert Armstrong) and their mechanic Fritz (Hugh Herbert) to an uncertain future.
The Runaway Bride
The Runaway Bride (1930)
, 1h9
Directed by Donald Crisp, James Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Mary Astor, Lloyd Hughes, Paul Hurst, David Newell, Natalie Moorhead, Francis McDonald
Rating49% 2.473162.473162.473162.473162.47316
Mary Gray (Mary Astor) and Dick Mercer (David Newell) are racing to Atlantic City, where they intend to elope, since Mary's wealthy parents would never approve of the marriage. In Atlantic City, they arrive at the humble efficiency hotel room Mary has rented. Dick is not impressed, and would prefer they stay in a fancier hotel. An argument ensues, ending with Dick storming out, leaving Mary alone.
Hard, Fast and Beautiful
Hard, Fast and Beautiful (1951)
, 1h18
Directed by Ida Lupino, James Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Sports films, Tennis films
Actors Claire Trevor, Sally Forrest, Carleton G. Young, Robert Clarke, Robert C. Schnitzer, Joseph Kearns
Rating61% 3.0974853.0974853.0974853.0974853.097485
Florence Farley, a girl from Santa Monica, California in her late teens, and a tennis prodigy, is torn between fulfilling the dreams of her ambitious mother Millie, who has planned her tennis career, or her own dreams of being with the man she loves.
Adventure in Baltimore
Adventure in Baltimore (1949)
, 1h29
Directed by Richard Wallace, James Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Robert Young, Shirley Temple, John Agar, Albert Sharpe, Josephine Hutchinson, Charles Kemper
Rating60% 3.0463653.0463653.0463653.0463653.046365
In 1905, Dinah Sheldon (Shirley Temple), an enthusiastic art student, is expelled from Miss Ingram's Seminary for wearing two petticoats instead of five, attending political rallies and insisting that she be allowed to study nudes. When she is sent home to Baltimore, Dinah's understanding father, Dr. Andrew Sheldon (Robert Young), an Episcopalian pastor, easily forgives his headstrong daughter this latest calamity, but her mother Lily (Josephine Hutchinson) encourages her to be more conventionally feminine. Dinah's childhood sweetheart, Tom Wade (John Agar), also believes that she should settle down and confesses that, since her absence, he has begun dating the more "continental" Bernice Eckert (Carol Brannon).
Borderline
Borderline (1950)
, 1h28
Directed by William A. Seiter, James Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime, Romance
Actors Fred MacMurray, Claire Trevor, Raymond Burr, José Torvay, Morris Ankrum, Roy Roberts
Rating59% 2.9976952.9976952.9976952.9976952.997695
Pete Ritchie (Raymond Burr) runs a narcotics smuggling operation to the USA from Mexico, which the Los Angeles Police Department and the US federal government have unsuccessfully tried to stop. Because of Ritchie's careful operating procedures, US authorities haven't even been able to find out the identities of his sources or customers and are desperate for a breakthrough. As a last resort, Madeleine Haley (Claire Trevor), an LAPD officer and former OSS operative, is sent undercover to Mexico to charm her way into Ritchie's confidence.
Crack-Up
Crack-Up (1946)
, 1h33
Directed by Irving Reis, James Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Pat O'Brien, Claire Trevor, Herbert Marshall, Ray Collins, Wallace Ford, Erskine Sanford
Rating64% 3.2414853.2414853.2414853.2414853.241485
Art critic and forgery expert George Steele (O'Brien) is stopped by a policeman as he breaks into the Manhattan Museum. He claims that he was in a train wreck. Police Lieutenant Cochrane (Wallace Ford), however, finds that there has been no recent wreck. Steele, unsure himself what happened, relates the bizarre events leading up to the present. A flashback ensues:
No Marriage Ties
No Marriage Ties (1933)
, 1h12
Directed by J. Walter Ruben, James Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Richard Dix, Elizabeth Allan, Doris Kenyon, Alan Dinehart, Sr., David Landau, Hobart Cavanaugh
Rating59% 2.9520452.9520452.9520452.9520452.952045
This script must be run from the command line
Joan of Paris
Joan of Paris (1942)
, 1h31
Directed by Robert Stevenson, James Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Political films, Films about capital punishment, Disaster films, Films about aviation accidents or incidents, Histoire de France, L'Occupation allemande en France
Actors Michèle Morgan, Paul Henreid, Thomas Mitchell, Laird Cregar, May Robson, Alexander Granach
Rating67% 3.3929353.3929353.3929353.3929353.392935
In German-occupied Paris, an announcer reports during a blackout that the Second Front has begun, with British forces invading the Continent, and that five Royal Air Force fighters have been shot down. The downed pilots split up and make their way to Paris to try to arrange their escape back to England. On the way, they break into a tavern in search of civilian clothes. When a German soldier shows up for a drink, Squadron Leader Paul Lavallier (Paul Henreid), a member of the Free French, knocks him out and takes his money. In Paris, Paul contacts an old teacher of his, Father Antoine (Thomas Mitchell), who agrees to hide the reunited men in the sewers underneath his cathedral.
Young Donovan's Kid
Young Donovan's Kid (1931)
, 1h17
Directed by Fred Niblo, James Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Richard Dix, Marion Shilling, Jackie Cooper, Frank Sheridan, Boris Karloff, Dick Rush
Rating51% 2.579552.579552.579552.579552.57955
Jim Donovan (Richard Dix) is a two-bit mob leader in New York during the 1920s. When another mobster, Ben Murray (Richard Alexander) is killed in a gunfight between rival gangs, Donovan takes it upon himself to raise his son, Midge Murray (Jackie Cooper). When Donovan seeks the advice of the parish priest on how to raise an adolescent boy, the priest, Father Dan (Frank Sheridan), enlists the services of his niece, Kitty Costello (Marion Shilling). When she directs Donovan to get honest work, he agrees, and she gets him a job at the ironworks where she is also employed. He is slowly transformed by the effect that both Midge and Kitty have on him. He also falls in love with Kitty.