Two Years Before the Mast

In 1834, Charles Stewart (Alan Ladd), the spoiled, dissolute son of a shipping magnate, is shanghaied aboard the Pilgrim, one of his father's own ships. He embarks upon a long, hellish sea voyage under the tyrannical rule of Captain Francis Thompson (Howard Da Silva), assisted by his first mate, Amazeen (William Bendix). One of his crewmates is Richard Henry Dana Jr. (Brian Donlevy).

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  Alan Ladd

  Charles Stewart
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  Brian Donlevy

  Richard Henry Dana
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  William Bendix

  First Mate Amazeen
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  Barry Fitzgerald

  Terence O'Feenaghty
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  Howard Da Silva

  Captain Francis A. Thompson
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  Esther Fernández

  Maria Dominguez
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  Albert Dekker

  Brown
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  Luis van Rooten

  2nd Mate Foster
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  Darryl Hickman

  Sam Hooper
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  Roman Bohnen

  Macklin