RKO got Val Lewton to make this in part to use a ship set - they weren't dumb, it's a spooky setting for a movie. I like this more on second viewing - its taste, intelligence and ambition is endearing, even if it lacks some jump scares.
Richard Dix is the weird ship captain whom no one else seems to notice is weird except a newbie.
The film lacks female interest, would've been better had they explained the crew's support and been about the one voyage where people couldn't get off the boat. But interesting, evocative.
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