Comedy ·Drama ·Romance · United Kingdom · 1938 · 1h 32m

Vessel of Wrath

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Director
Erich Pommer
Cast
Charles Laughton as Ginger Ted Elsa Lanchester as Martha Jones Robert Newton as The Controleur Tyrone Guthrie as Dr Owen Jones Eliot Makeham as The Native Head Clerk Dolly Mollinger as Lia
Crew
Jules Kruger — Director of Photography Richard Addinsell — Original Music Composer Bartlett Cormack — Screenplay W. Somerset Maugham — Story Erich Pommer — Producer Charles Laughton — Producer
Tagline

HE'S GONE TO THE DOGS...And He Likes It!

Synopsis

Ginger Ted, AKA Edward Claude Wilson, a drunkard and womanizer, and Miss Jones, a missionary, live in the Alas Islands. During a cholera epidemic, Ginger Ted and Miss Jones are sent to an outlying part of the islands to run a hospital; on their return, their motorboat breaks down, and they are marooned overnight on a small island.

Mood & Themes
missionarydrunk
Key Collaborators
Erich Pommer Director Jules Kruger Director of Photography Richard Addinsell Original Music Composer Bartlett Cormack Screenplay W. Somerset Maugham Story Erich Pommer Producer Charles Laughton Producer
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