Jericho (1937)

Directors

Thornton Freeland

Cast

Henry Wilcoxon, John Laurie, Paul Robeson, Wallace Ford

The story

A World War I American troopship is torpedoed, and many soldiers are trapped below the deck. Jericho Jackson, a medical student drafted into the war, heroically saves the trapped men, in defiance of his superior's orders to abandon ship, but accidentally kills the officer in the melee. Despite his heroism, Jericho is court-martialed for refusing orders.

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