Eight Bells (film)

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Eight Bells
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Directed by Roy William Neill
Written by
Based onEight Bells by Percy G. Mandley
Produced by J.G. Bachmann
Starring
Cinematography Joseph Walker
Edited by Gene Havlick
Music by Howard Jackson
Production
company
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • April 11, 1935 (1935-04-11)
Running time
69 minutes
CountryUnited States
Language English

Eight Bells is a 1935 American adventure film directed by Roy William Neill and starring Ann Sothern, Ralph Bellamy and Catherine Doucet. Produced by Columbia Pictures, it is based on the 1933 play Eight Bells by Percy G. Mandley. [1]

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Plot

The owner of a line of steamships sends his prospective son-in-law Roy Dale to take a major cargo to Shanghai. Unbeknownst to him his daughter Marge smuggles herself aboard as a stowaway. Dale has experience only on passenger ships and when a hurricane hits he loses his nerve and wants to abandon ship. Marge sides with his first mate Steve Andrews and persuades the crew to stay aboard and keep the ship afloat.

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  1. Goble p.748

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