The Mystery of the Mary Celeste

Movie
Original title	The Mystery of the Mary Celeste
Country of production	Great Britain
original language	English
Publishing year	1935
length	62 minutes
Rod
Director	Denison Clift
script	Denison Clift
production	Henry Passmore
camera	Eric Cross Geoffrey Faithfull
occupation
Bela Lugosi : Anton Lorenzen Shirley Gray : Sarah Briggs Arthur Margetson : Capt. Benjamin Briggs Edmund Willard : Toby Bilson Dennis Hoey : Tom Goodschild George Mozart : Tommy Duggan Johnnie Schofield : Peter Tooley Gunner Moir : Ponta Katz Ben Welden : Boas 'Sailor' Hoffman Clifford McLaglen : Capt. Jim Morehead Bruce Gordon : Olly Deveau Gibson Gowland : Andy Gilling Terence de Marney : Charlie Kaye Edgar Pierce : Arian Harbens Herbert Cameron : Volkerk Grot Wilfred Essex : Horatio Sprague James Carew : James Winchester Monti DeLyle : Portunato Alec Fraser : Commander Mahon Charles Mortimer : Attorney General Graham Soutte : Jack Sampson JB Williams : the judge

The Mystery of the Mary Celeste (American title Phantom Ship ) is one of the early Hammer films with the production year 1935 . The main actor is Bela Lugosi . The plot is based on the legendary story of Mary Celeste . The ship was found floating in the sea off Portugal in 1872 without a crew . The film attempts a rather unspectacular clarification of the events surrounding the well-known ghost ship and manages without supernatural incidents.

action

In New York, Captain Briggs and his friend Captain Morehead visit young Sarah, with whom they are both in love. Sarah and Briggs reveal their marriage plans to Morehead, whereupon Morehead is furious with jealousy and swears vengeance on them. After the marriage, Sarah is supposed to accompany her husband on the Marie Celeste and Briggs starts looking for a crew. Among other things, he hires Anton Lorenzen.

The first accidents happen shortly after the start of the voyage, and over time one sailor after the other disappears inexplicably from the ship. It soon becomes clear that a murderer is up to mischief. But the assumption that Morehead smuggled a killer in revenge proves to be wrong. When only first mate Bilson and Anton Lorenzen are left, one learns that Lorenzen became “ shanghait ” years ago . Lorenzen shoots the mate, but is hit shortly afterwards by a transverse mast that is torn loose in the wind and falls overboard. Finally, the Dei Gratia of Captain Morehead finds Marie Celeste, who is drifting without a crew .

Public domain

The original English version of the film is in the public domain and is available for free download.

Web links

• The Mystery of the Mary Celeste in the Internet Movie Database (English).
• Film as download version.