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Two Years Before the Mast
A cruel captain makes life miserable for his crew, including a shanghaied sailor and a writer. When scurvy breaks out his son leads a mutiny and is slapped in irons. Floggings and torture abound.
28 July 1931, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
4 August 1904, Lawrenceville, New Jersey, USA
25 May 1897, Denver, Colorado, USA
10 December 1889, Sacramento, California, USA
20 December 1905, Brooklyn, New York, USA
24 September 1886, New York City, New York, USA
15 June 1899, Panola, Illinois, USA
19 February 1877, Rochester, New York, USA
24 November 1901, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
1 September 1873, Lancashire, England, UK
28 October 1885, New York City, New York, USA
1896 in England, UK
10 March 1888, Dublin, Ireland
28 August 1891, Chicago, Illinois, USA
29 November 1906, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
18 August 1917, Corning, Iowa, USA
27 March 1885, Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland, UK
1 November 1904, Antwerp, Belgium
6 April 1889, Ireland [now Northern Ireland, UK]
September 4, 1892 in Madrid, Spain
February 7, 1901 in Whitehaven, Cumbria, England, UK
8 December 1905, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
20 April 1904, Oancea, Romania
3 September 1913, Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA
29 December 1889, Sioux City, Iowa, USA
February 20, 2010
The ensemble drama was effective largely because of the superb acting, the salty dialogue and the strong direction that kept things authentic.