Down To the Sea In Ships (1949)

DOWN TO THE SEA IN SHIPS  (1949)  ¢ ¢ ¢ 1/2
    D: Henry Hathaway
    Richard Widmark, Lionel Barrymore, Dean Stockwell,
    Cecil Kellaway, John McIntire, Gene Lockhart,
    Harry Morgan, Harry Davenport, Jay C. Flippen
Life lessons and the laws of the sea, with three generations aboard a 19th-century whaling ship. Barrymore's the crusty old captain who refuses to retire. Stockwell's his grandson, just promoted from cabin boy to ship's crew. Widmark's the new first mate. It starts out slow, but gets exciting once the first whales are sighted, and especially once the ship sails into the fog and ice. Widmark's first sympathetic role, after starting his career as a specialist in outlaws and psychopaths.