The Wreck of the Hesperus

The Wreck of the Hesperus (1948)

Approved 05 Feb 1948 • Adventure, Drama • 1h 10m

John Macready, a seafaring captain, who has been beached for losing his ship, goes into the salvage-from-wrecked-vessels business with lovable old George Lockhart,and is leading the fight against the erection of a lighthouse that would tend to do damage to the salvage business. Macready's brother, Angus, dies in a shipwreck, and Macready begins to suspect that his lovable old partner may be causing the ship wrecks by misdirecting the vessels.

John Hoffman
Director
Aubrey Wisberg, Edward Huebsch, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Writer
Willard Parker, Edgar Buchanan, Patricia Barry
Starring

Language: English
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Country: United States
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6.8

IMDb (60 votes)