Vessel of Wrath (1938)

Directors

Erich Pommer

Cast

Charles Laughton, Elsa Lanchester, Robert Newton, Tyrone Guthrie

The story

Englishman Ginger Ted is a "dissolute beachcomber" living in a tropical Dutch colonial possession somewhere in the Indian Ocean with his beloved dog Dudley. When a ship makes its monthly visit, Ted has to outrun a mob of creditors to obtain his remittance cheque from the Controleur, the colonial governor. However, his friend makes him pay his debts, leaving him only a little.

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