Torture Ship

Torture Ship (1939)

A mad scientist uses captured criminals as experiments for his study on "the criminal mind" aboard his private ship.

Fecha de estreno
1939-10-28
TMDB
3.8 / 10 (13)
Duración
1 h 4 min
Géneros
Terror, Ciencia ficción
Director
Victor Halperin

Reparto

Curiosidades

Torture Ship is a 1939 American science fiction horror film directed by Victor Halperin, based on Jack London's 1899 short story "A Thousand Deaths". The film stars Lyle Talbot as a mad scientist who performs experiments regarding "the criminal mind" on captured criminals onboard his private ship.

Production

The film is based on the short story "A Thousand Deaths" by Jack London originally published in Black Cat Magazine in May 1899.

By the end of the first week of August 1939, George Sayre and Harvey Huntley completed the script for Torture Ship and the film was scheduled to start on August 14 but was held back. Filming was then set to begin by the last week of August but no cast was yet assembled. The cast was announced in September with John Miller originally set to play Jesse, though Skelton Knaggs appears in the final film.

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