
Down to the Sea in Ships
During a whaling expedition in the late 1800's, the aging Captain Bering Joy (Lionel Barrymore) and his new first mate, Dan Lunceford (Richard Widmark) engage in a battle of wills concerning the education of the captain's struggling grandson.
Top Billed Cast

Richard Widmark
Dan Lunceford

Lionel Barrymore
Bering Joy

Dean Stockwell
Jed Joy

Cecil Kellaway
Slush Tubbs

Gene Lockhart
Andrew L. Bush
Featured Crew

Henry Hathaway
Director
Sy Bartlett
Screenplay
Sy Bartlett
Story

John Lee Mahin
Screenplay

Alfred Newman
Music
Edward B. Powell
Orchestrator
Joseph MacDonald
Director of Photography
Lyle R. Wheeler
Art Direction
Ben Hayne
Art Direction
Thomas Little
Set Decoration
Walter M. Scott
Set Decoration
Dorothy Spencer
Editor