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Torture Ship

Torture Ship

HE WAS A CRIMINAL yet HE SOUGHT A CURE FOR A CRIME!

1939 1h 4mHorrorScience Fiction

A mad scientist uses captured criminals as experiments for his study on "the criminal mind" aboard his private ship.

1.9/5

TMDB score· 13 votes

Synopsis

A mad scientist uses captured criminals as experiments for his study on "the criminal mind" aboard his private ship.

The vibe

shippsychopathmad scientistescaped convictmedical experiment

Behind it

Victor HalperinDirectorHarvey HuntleyWriterJack LondonJack LondonStoryGeorge Wallace SayreWriterJack GreenhalghCinematography

Cast

Lyle TalbotLyle TalbotLt. Bob BennettIrving PichelIrving PichelDr. Herbert StanderJulie BishopJulie BishopJoan MartelSheila BromleySheila BromleyPoison Mary SlavishAnthony AverillAnthony AverillDirk - Stander's AideRussell HoptonRussell HoptonHarry 'The Carver' BogardJulian MadisonJulian MadisonPaul - Stander's AideEddie HoldenOle OlsonWheeler OakmanWheeler OakmanJohn RitterStanley BlystoneStanley BlystoneCapt. Mike BriggsLeander De CordovaEzra MatthewsDemetrius AlexisSteve MuranoSkelton KnaggsSkelton KnaggsJesse BixelCarleton YoungCarleton YoungReporterWilliam N. ChapmanBillJack GardnerReporterAdia KuznetzoffAdia KuznetzoffAdolph KrantzBert LeBaronSailor

Director

Victor Halperin

Writers

Harvey Huntley, Jack London, George Wallace Sayre

Release date

28 Oct 1939

Runtime

1h 4m

Studio

Sigmund Neufeld Productions, Producers Distributing Corporation

Language

English

Country

United States of America

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