Captain China (1950)
The title character, played by John Payne, is a ship's captain whose embittered behavior after losing his lady love seemingly leads to tragedy. Accused of deliberately scuttling his ship during a typhoon, Captain China hopes to clear himself by signing on as a common seaman on a vessel captain by his former first mate Brendensen. There's no love lost between the two men, and their mutual animosity is intensified when both fall in love with beautiful passenger.
- Data di uscita
- 1950-02-02
- TMDB
- 5.5 / 10 (6)
- Durata
- 1 h 37 min
- Generi
- Azione, Avventura, Romance
- Regista
- Lewis R. Foster
Cast
- John Payne — Charles S. Chinnough
- Gail Russell — Kim Mitchell
- Jeffrey Lynn — Capt. George Brendensen
- Lon Chaney Jr. — Red Lynch
- Edgar Bergen — Mr. Haasvelt
- Michael O'Shea — Trask
- Ellen Corby — Miss Endicott
- Robert Armstrong — Keegan
- John Qualen — Geech
- Ilka Grüning — Mrs. Marguerite Haasvelt
- Denver Pyle — Steve
- Keith Richards — Alberts
Curiosità
Captain China is a 1950 American adventure film directed by Lewis R. Foster and written by Foster and Gwen Bagni. The film stars John Payne, Gail Russell, Jeffrey Lynn, Lon Chaney Jr., Edgar Bergen and Michael O'Shea. It was released on February 2, 1950, by Paramount Pictures.
Production
The film's star John Payne had recently completed El Paso, another Pine-Thomas Productions film, when he was cast in the lead role for Captain China in January 1949.
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