Ghost Ship (1952)
On a voyage of TERROR... a dead man speaks... to solve the secret of the... GHOST SHIP
Warned that it is haunted, a skeptical young couple buy a rundown yacht and fix it up to be their home-on-the-sea, only to slowly realize that it really is haunted.
- Date of release
- 1952-10-01
- TMDB
- 5.3 / 10 (23)
- Runtime
- 1h 15m
- Genres
- Horror, Thriller
- Director
- Vernon Sewell
Casting
- Dermot Walsh — Guy Thornton
- Hazel Court — Margaret Thornton
- Joss Ambler — Yacht Port Manager
- Hugh Burden — Dr. Fawcett
- Mignon O'Doherty — Mrs. Manley
- Hugh Latimer — Peter
- Joan Carol — Mrs. Martineau
- John Robinson — Prof. Martineau / Mansel
- Joss Ackland — Ron, 2nd Fisherman
- John King-Kelly — Sid, 3rd Fisherman
- Laidman Browne — Coroner
- Meadows White — Mr. Leech, Surveyor
Interesting facts
Ghost Ship is a 1952 British second feature horror film directed by Vernon Sewell and starring Dermot Walsh and Hazel Court. It was written by Sewell and Philip Thornton. This was one of four attempts by Sewell to adapt and film the Pierre Mills and Celia de Vilyars Grand Guignol stage play L'Angoisse.
Production
The film received partial funding from Anglo-Amalgamated. It starred the real life husband and wife team of Dermot Walsh and Hazel Court. Most filming took place in Merton Park Studios with exteriors shot on the director's own yacht, Gelert, in the English Channel.
There are some limited shots of Shoreham Harbour canal, Southwick Town Hall, and Lady Bee Marina.
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