The Sea Wolf

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The Sea Wolf is a 1941 film adaptation of Jack London’s novel, best known as a dark seafaring drama featuring Edward G. Robinson as the brutal Captain Wolf Larsen.

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instanceOf American film
black-and-white film
film
seafaring drama film
basedOn The Sea-Wolf
basedOnWorkAuthor Jack London
castMember Alexander Knox
Barry Fitzgerald
David Bruce
Edward G. Robinson
Francis McDonald
Gene Lockhart
Howard Da Silva
Ida Lupino
John Garfield
Stanley Ridges
characterPortrayed Edward G. Robinson as Wolf Larsen
Ida Lupino as Ruth Brewster
John Garfield as Humphrey Van Weyden
cinematographer Sol Polito
linked to: Salvatore Polito
colorProcess black and white
composer Erich Wolfgang Korngold
countryOfOrigin United States
director Michael Curtiz
distributor Warner Bros.
filmEditor George Amy
filmEra Golden Age of Hollywood
genre adventure film
drama film
mainCharacter Humphrey Van Weyden
Ruth Brewster
Wolf Larsen
narrativeTheme brutality at sea
individual morality
power and tyranny
survival
notableFor Edward G. Robinson’s portrayal of Wolf Larsen
dark seafaring atmosphere
originalLanguage English
producer Henry Blanke
productionCompany Warner Bros.
publicationDate 1941
runtime approximately 90 minutes
screenwriter Robert Rossen
setting Pacific Ocean
sealing schooner Ghost
title The Sea Wolf

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Robert Rossen notableWork The Sea Wolf
Ida Lupino actedIn The Sea Wolf
Gene Lockhart notableWork The Sea Wolf
Anton Grot notableWork The Sea Wolf
Lenore Ulric notableWork The Sea Wolf
The Sea Wolf (1941 film) title The Sea Wolf
subject linked to: The Sea Wolf