The Wreck of the Hesperus (1948 film)
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| Directed by | John Hoffman |
| Written by | Aubrey Wisberg Edward Huebsch |
| Based on | the poem The Wreck of the Hesperus, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
| Produced by | Wallace MacDonald |
| Starring | Willard Parker Edgar Buchanan Patricia Barry |
| Cinematography | Allen G. Siegler |
| Edited by | James Sweeney |
| Music by | Michael Bakaleinikoff |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date | February 5, 1948 |
Running time | 70 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Wreck of the Hesperus is a 1948 American adventure film directed by John Hoffman and starring Willard Parker, Edgar Buchanan and Patricia Barry. It was produced by silent film actor Wallace MacDonald in association with Columbia Pictures, which also distributed the film.[1] It is preserved in the Library of Congress collection.[2]
Plot[edit]
Captain John McReady loses his ship in a storm when he is misled by a fake channel light. With no shipowner willing to give him another command, he accepts a job offered by George Lockhart, managing a salvaging warehouse. It turns out, however, that Lockhart is the man responsible for wrecking McReady's ship and others.
Cast[edit]
- Willard Parker as John McReady
- Edgar Buchanan as George Lockhart
- Patricia Barry as Deborah Allen
- Holmes Herbert as Pastor West
- Wilton Graff as Caleb Cross
- Boyd Davis as Governor Lincoln
- Jeff Corey as Joshua Hill
- Paul Campbell as Ned Jones
- Paul E. Burns as Rudolph Zeiss
References[edit]
- ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:..The Wreck of the Hesperus
- ^ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress p.212 c.1978 the American Film Institute
External links[edit]
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- 1948 films
- Columbia Pictures films
- Films about maritime incidents
- Films based on works by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Films set in the 1830s
- American black-and-white films
- American adventure drama films
- 1940s adventure drama films
- Films with screenplays by Aubrey Wisberg
- Films directed by John Hoffman
- 1940s American films
- 1940s English-language films
- English-language adventure drama films
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