The Ghost Ship
Starring: Richard Dix, Steve Forrest, Alec Craig
Director: Mark Robson
Writer: Donald Henderson Clarke
Producer: Val Lewton
The Ghost Ship is a 1943 American black-and-white psychological thriller film starring Richard Dix and directed by Mark Robson. It was produced by Val Lewton for RKO Radio Pictures as part of a series of low-budget horror films. The film can be seen as a "low-key psychological thriller", a "suspense drama", and a "waterlogged melodrama". Russell Wade, Edith Barrett, Ben Bard and Edmund Glover appear in support.
Trivia
- RKO had scored a major financial success with Cat People (1942).
- The film cost only $141,659, yet brought in almost $4 million in its first two years and saved the studio from financial disaster.
- RKO wanted to move quickly on a sequel to build on the success of Cat People, but producer Val Lewton wished to make the fantasy-comedy story "The Amorous Ghost" instead.
Filming Locations
- The picture's final fight scene between the Finn and the mad Captain was shot on a dimly lit set to heighten the suspense and keep the audience from guessing who the victor might be, similar to the way Jacques Tourneur and Lewton had shot a similar scene in Cat People.
Previous Showings
5 Runs • 5 Festivals
2,393 tickets sold
All runs on record (5):
- November 22 - 24, 2000 · 461 ticketsHorror 2000w/ Isle of the Dead
- February 28 - March 2, 2007 · 469 ticketsFilm Noir, Val Lewton, 1930s musicals and more!w/ Clash by Night
- February 3 - 4, 2011 · 320 ticketsWinter 2011 Early Bette Davis, Val Lewton and morew/ The Leopard Man
- April 14 - 16, 2017 · 598 ticketsThe Films of Val Lewton, every Fri-Sat-Sunw/ The Curse of the Cat People
- November 7 - 8, 2024 · 545 ticketsFilm Noir plus Val Lewtonw/ Phantom Lady