The Devil's Skipper

  • Genre: Drama
  • Run time: 58 min
  • Premiere: 1928. February 1.

The Devil's Skipper was based on Demetrios Contos, a seafaring yarn by Jack London. Effectively cast against type, Belle Bennett plays a wronged woman who becomes the most brutal and feared slave-ship captain on the Seven Seas.

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Belle Bennett

The Devil Skipper

Montagu Love

First Mate

Gino Corrado

Philip La Farge

Mary McAllister

Marie La Farge

Cullen Landis

John Dubray

G. Raymond Nye

Nick the Greek

Pat Hartigan

Captain McKenna

Adolph Milar

Mate Cornish (as Adolph Millar)

Carolynne Snowden

Slave (as Caroline Snowden)

Stepin Fetchit

Slave's Husband

Camera

Ernest Miller

Director of Photography

Directing

John G. Adolfi

Director

Writing

Jack London

Short Story

Viola Brothers Shore

Writer

Jack Natteford

Writer

Robert Dillon

Writer

Harry Braxton

Writer

Camera

Ernest Miller

Director of Photography

Directing

John G. Adolfi

Director

Writing

Jack London

Short Story

Viola Brothers Shore

Writer

Jack Natteford

Writer

Robert Dillon

Writer

Harry Braxton

Writer