The Ghost Ship (1943)

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 1943
Running Times: 69 mins
Format: black and white     35mm
Ratio: 1.37:1
Sound: mono

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Company: RKO Radio Pictures Inc
Producer: Val Lewton

SCRIPT
Script: Donald Henderson Clarke
Story: Leo Mittler

DIRECTION
Director: Mark Robson
Assistant Director: Ruby Rosenberg

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Nicholas Musuraca

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: John Lockert

MUSIC
Music: Roy Webb
Musical Director: C. Bakaleinikoff

SOUND
Recorded By: Francis M. Sarver
Sound System: RCA Sound System

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Gowns: Edward Stevenson

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Vernon L. Walker

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Directors: Albert S. D'Agostino, Walter E. Keller
Set Decorators: Darrell Silvera, Claude Carpenter

CAST
Richard Dix (Captain Will Stone)
Russell Wade (Tom Merriam)
Edith Barrett (Ellen Roberts)
Ben Bard (First Officer Bowns)
Edmund Glover (Jacob 'Sparks' Winslow)

AVAILABILITY

USA
Theatrical Distributors: RKO Radio Pictures Inc
Laserdisc Distributors: Image Entertainment Inc (ID 2815 TU (The Val Lewton Collection))

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

USA
Rating: Approved (PCA #9567)

Spain
Rating: 13

Sweden
Rating: 15

TIMELINE

1944
August
19: Sweden - theatrical release

1995
July
19: USA - laserdisc release (Image Entertainment Inc (ID 2815 TU (The Val Lewton Collection)))

2005
July
2: UK - television broadcast (on BBC2)

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Aavelaiva - Finnish title
El barco fantasma - Spanish title
Spökskeppet - Swedish title
El vaixell fantasma - Catalan Spanish title

KEYWORDS

ships

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008