Down to the Sea in Ships
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.
- genus: Drama, Adventure, Action
- Studio: 20th Century Fox
- keyword: ship, whale, iceberg, north atlantic, whaling, whaling ship, quakerism, cabin boy, 19th century, new bedford massachusetts, grandfather grandson relationship
- cast: Richard Widmark, Lionel Barrymore, Dean Stockwell, Cecil Kellaway, Gene Lockhart, Berry Kroeger
