The Ghost Ship (1943)

Director: Mark Robson
Writers: Donald Henderson Clarke (screenplay), Leo Mittler (story)
Stars: Richard Dix, Russell Wade, Edith Barrett

Tom Merriam signs on the ship Altair as third officer under Captain Stone. At first things look good, Stone sees Merriam as a younger version of himself and Merriam sees Stone as the first adult to ever treat him as a friend. But after a couple strange deaths of crew members, Merriam begins to think Stone is a psychopathic madman obsessed with authority. He tries to tell others, but no one believes him, and it only makes Stone angry..

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