Down to the Sea in Ships
Thar She Blows!
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.
- Year: 1949
- Country: United States of America
- Genre: Drama, Adventure, Action
- Studio: 20th Century Fox
- Keyword: ship, whale, iceberg, north atlantic, whaling, whaling ship, quakerism, cabin boy, 19th century, new bedford massachusetts, grandfather grandson relationship
- Director: Henry Hathaway
- Cast: Richard Widmark, Lionel Barrymore, Dean Stockwell, Cecil Kellaway, Gene Lockhart, Berry Kroeger