Vessel of Wrath
Vessel of Wrath is a 1938 British film directed by Erich Pommer, produced by Pommer, and starring Charles Laughton and Elsa Lanchester. It was based on the 1931 Somerset Maugham short story "The Vessel of Wrath". The film is also known as The Beachcomber in the US. It was produced by Pommer and Laughton's independent film production company, Mayflower Pictures.
Plot
Englishman Ginger Ted is a "dissolute beachcomber" living in a tropical Dutch colonial possession somewhere in the Indian Ocean. When a ship makes its monthly visit, Ted has to outrun a mob of creditors to obtain his remittance cheque from the Controleur, the colonial governor. However, his friend makes him pay his debts, leaving him only a little.
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| author | Bartlett Cormack |
|---|---|
| award | National Board of Review: Top Ten Films |
| contentLocation | Indian Ocean |
| director | Erich Pommer |
| editor | Jean Barker Robert Hamer |
| genre | comedy |
| keywords | arrest beachcomber beachcombing cry drink malaria on the beach on the road pick up remittance cheque remittance man sick child typhoid vicar want |
| musicBy | Richard Addinsell |
| producer | Charles Laughton Erich Pommer |
| productionCompany | Mayflower Pictures |
| theme | independent romantic comedy |