Main Cast: Dermot Walsh, Hazel Court, Hugh Burden, John Robinson, Joss Ambler
Release Year: 1953
Country: UK
Run Time: 69 minutes
Plot
This waterlogged adaptation of an obscure Grand Guignol stage play finds a hapless couple (Dermot Walsh and Hazel Court) convinced that their newly-acquired yacht is haunted by mysterious and deadly forces. After numerous fatalities, the couple eventually hires a paranormal investigator (John Robinson), who uncovers the yacht's bloody history and determines that the craft is occupied by the vengeful ghosts of the former owner's wife and her lover, who were murdered and subsequently entombed somewhere aboard. Writer-producer-director Vernon Sewell -- who filmed most of the scenes aboard his own private yacht -- executes a few interesting paranormal twists on the Old Dark House scenario, and he would revisit the seagoing thriller theme (on the same boat) somewhat less successfully with Terror Ship two years later. ~ Cavett Binion, All Movie Guide
Hugh Latimer - Peter; Mignon O'Doherty - Mrs. Manley; Laidman Browne - Coroner; Meadows White - Yard Surveyor; Pat McGrath - Bert; Joss Ackland - Ron; Ian Carmichael; Joan Carroll - Mrs. Martineau; Geoffrey Dunn; Anthony Hayes; Anthony Marlowe; Patricia Owens; Ewen Solon; Melissa Stribling; Jack Stewart; Colin Douglas; Madoline Thomas; Gordon Bell; Graham Stuart; Robert Moore; John King-Kelly; Barry Phelphs
Credit
George Haslam - Art Director, Vernon Campbell Sewell - Director, Francis Bieber - Editor, Eric Spear - Composer (Music Score), Stanley Grant - Cinematographer, Nat Cohen - Producer, Vernon Campbell Sewell - Producer, Stuart Levy - Producer, Vernon Campbell Sewell - Screenwriter, Philip Thornton - Screenwriter
