The Sea Wolf (1941)

The Sea Wolf (1941). Edward G. Robinson stars as the tyrannical captain of a freighter who would rather “reign in Hell than serve in Heaven” in this classic drama. When the maniacal captain rescues two survivors of a capsized ferry, an idealistic writer and a female fugitive, the two soon realize that the captain will never let them leave his ship alive.

Directed by Michael Curtiz
Produced by Hal B. Wallis, Jack L. Warner, Henry Blanke
Written by Jack London (novel)
Screenplay by Robert Rossen
Based on The Sea Wolf
Starring Edward G. Robinson, Ida Lupino, John Garfield, Alexander Knox, Gene Lockhart, Barry Fitzgerald, Stanley Ridges, David Bruce, Francis McDonald, Howard Da Silva, Frank Lackteen, Ethan Laidlaw