Rulers of the Sea

Drama, USA, 1939, 96 min.



In nineteenth century Scotland, first mate David Gillespie quits his post on the schooner "Falcon" because of Captain Oliver's brutal treatment of the seamen, which has caused two deaths. While in a tavern, David meets engineer John Shaw, whose idea for a steamship inspires him into toiling day and night with John to create a working model, despite the protests of John's pragmatic daughter Mary. The model is a success, and David takes the drawings to London, intending to find a backer to finance a ship. He is unsuccessful, however, and becomes destitute until he runs into Junius Smith, a shipper of perishables who receives the idea with enthusiasm and hires David and John. One night, John becomes drunk and accidentally sets fire to the machine shop, destroying all their work and jeopardizing the deadline to win a commission from the Royal Navy. Smith then charters the
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Režie: Frank Lloyd
Herci: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Margaret Lockwoodová, Will Fyffe, George Bancroft, Montagu Love, více...

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