The Sea Wolf (1930 film)

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The Sea Wolf
The Sea Wolf (1930 film) poster.jpg
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Directed by Alfred Santell
Screenplay by S. N. Behrman
Ralph Block
Based on The Sea-Wolf
1904 novel
by Jack London
Produced by William Fox
Starring Milton Sills
Jane Keithley
Raymond Hackett
Mitchell Harris
Nat Pendleton
John Rogers
Cinematography Glen MacWilliams
Edited by Paul Weatherwax
Production
company
Distributed byFox Film Corporation
Release date
  • September 21, 1930 (1930-09-21)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Sea Wolf is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by Alfred Santell and written by S. N. Behrman and Ralph Block. The film stars Milton Sills, Jane Keithley, Raymond Hackett, Mitchell Harris, Nat Pendleton, and John Rogers. It is based on the 1904 novel The Sea-Wolf by Jack London. The film was released on September 21, 1930, by Fox Film Corporation. [1] [2] [3]

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References

  1. "The Sea Wolf (1930) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved October 10, 2015.
  2. "Movie Review - - MILTON SILLS'S LAST FILM.; He Gave Incisive Performance in "The Sea Wolf" at Hippodrome". The New York Times . October 6, 1930. Retrieved October 10, 2015.
  3. "The Sea Wolf". Afi.com. Retrieved October 10, 2015.
  4. Burroughs, Polly (1970). The Great Ice Ship Bear: Eighty-Nine Years in Polar Seas . Van Nostrand Reinhold. pp.  104.