Two Years Before the Mast

In the 1840s, spoiled playboy Charles Stewart (Alan Ladd) learned about the family shipping business in a way he never asked, or expected...when he was shanghaied onto one of their vessels, and subjected to the suspect mercies of a monomaniacal captain (Howard Da Silva) and a brutal first mate (William Bendix). Gripping rendition of the Richard Henry Dana novel co-stars Brian Donlevy, Barry Fitzgerald, Albert Dekker, Esther Fernández; John Farrow directs. 98 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono.