The Sea Wolf
“Jack London's great novel of terror afloat.”
Director: Michael Curtiz
Producer: Henry Blanke
19411h 40m73 votes7.2
AdventureDrama
Overview
Shipwrecked fugitives try to escape a brutal sea captain who's losing his mind.
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7.0CinemaSerf
June 24, 2026
This is a sort of briny equivalent of out of the frying pan and into the fire, as "Leach" (John Garfield), "Ruth" (Ida Lupino) and "Van Weyden" (Alexander Knox) find themselves unwilling passengers on a schooner. It's skipper "Larsen" (Edward G. Robinson) must have gone to the William Bligh school of seamanship as he r…