Down to the Sea in Ships

6.9

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.

Discover

Richard Widmark

Dan Lunceford

Lionel Barrymore

Bering Joy

Dean Stockwell

Jed Joy

Cecil Kellaway

Slush Tubbs

Gene Lockhart

Andrew L. Bush

Berry Kroeger

Manchester

John McIntire

Thatch

Harry Morgan

Britton

Harry Davenport

Benjamin Harris

Paul Harvey

John Briggs

Jay C. Flippen

Luke Sewell

Robert Adler

Crew Member (uncredited)

Jimmy Hawkins

Boy (uncredited)

Art

Lyle R. Wheeler

Art Direction

Ben Hayne

Art Direction

Thomas Little

Set Decoration

Walter M. Scott

Set Decoration

Camera

Joseph MacDonald

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Charles LeMaire

Costume Supervisor

Ben Nye

Makeup Artist

Crew

Fred Sersen

Special Effects

Ray Kellogg

Special Effects

Directing

Henry Hathaway

Director

Editing

Dorothy Spencer

Editor

Production

Louis D. Lighton

Producer

Sound

Alfred Newman

Music

Edward B. Powell

Orchestrator

W.D. Flick

Sound

Roger Heman Sr.

Sound

Writing

Sy Bartlett

Screenplay

Sy Bartlett

Story

John Lee Mahin

Screenplay