Ship of the Dead
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After a line of mischief Philip Gale, an American sailor, is lured into hiring on the "Yorikke", a tramp cargo, by Lawski, a stoker from Poland. Still, the two become friends within the motley crew of losers from all nations. Gale and his new companion soon are more than disillusioned: the "Yorikke" is far from seaworthy and more of a coffin than a ship, work is close to slavery, and treatment by the officers and their subalterns is harsh and cynical. One day they make an alarming discovery in a tin of plum butter they have procured from the ship's cargo... Written by Anonymous
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Principal cast & crew: 19
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Edited by Ilse VoigtShot by Heinz PehlkeScored by Roland KovacDesigned by Emil Hasler
Also known as
- The Death Shipen
- Ship of the Deades
- Les Mutins du Yorikfr
- S.O.S. York!it
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19 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Horst Buchholz
as Philip Gale - Amerikanischer Seeman
Mario Adorf
as Lawski - Polnischer Kohlenschlepper
Helmut Schmid
as Martin - Heizer auf der Yorikke
Alf Marholm
as Kapitän der Yorikke
Werner Buttler
as Dils - 1. Ingenieu
Dieter Von Keil
as Statter - 1. Offizier
Alfred Balthoff
as Ballard
Panos Papadopulos
as Popoff - Bulgarischer Dockarbeiter
Edgar O Faiss
as Bootsmann auf der Yorikke
Gunter Meisner
as Paul - Trimmer auf der Yorikke
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