The Beachcomber (1938)
Also known as Vessel of Wrath
1938 · Feature film · 87 min · dir. Erich Pommer
HE'S GONE TO THE DOGS...And He Likes It!
- Comedy
- Drama
- Romance
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.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- Erich Pommer
- Writer
- W. Somerset Maugham
- Composer
- Richard Addinsell
- Cinematography
- Jules Kruger
- Studio
- Mayflower Pictures
- Released
- 1938-03-04
- Running time
- 87 minutes
Cast & crew
Erich Pommer Director
Charles Laughton
Elsa Lanchester
Robert Newton
Tyrone Guthrie
Eliot Makeham
Dolly Mollinger
D.A. Ward- J. Solomon
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · Quality Film · SixBun · 2013-07-24
The executive function really comes out toward the end of the film. Charles Laughton becomes more convincing as a character. I'll always enjoy this as a product of the "Edwardian Era".
★★★★★ · Quite fun · vtgthreads · 2007-09-17
I've always been very fond of Somerset Maugham's books and found movie to be quite entertaining. A nice way to spend a relax and enjoy Sunday evening.
★★★ · Great to see Robert Newton · Big Boomer · 2017-05-09
Robert Newton had great screen presence. Even when appearing with Lanchester and Laughton, both dominant screen personalities, Newton is able to draw the audience. Many viewers will remember him as a pirate, indeed he defined the standard for that role by which all other pirate performances are judged. Here he gives a competent performance but his Dutch accent is irregular and in some scenes sounds altogether lacking.
