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Two Years Before the Mast
A cruel captain makes life miserable for his crew, including a shanghaied sailor and a writer. When scurvy breaks out his son leads a mutiny and is slapped in irons. Floggings and torture abound.
February 7, 1901 in Whitehaven, Cumbria, England, UK
4 August 1904, Lawrenceville, New Jersey, USA
8 December 1905, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
1 September 1873, Lancashire, England, UK
23 August 1917, Mascota, Jalisco, Mexico
1896 in England, UK
10 March 1888, Dublin, Ireland
1 November 1904, Antwerp, Belgium
28 August 1891, Chicago, Illinois, USA
27 March 1885, Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland, UK
December 5, 1892 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA
10 December 1889, Sacramento, California, USA
February 20, 2010
The ensemble drama was effective largely because of the superb acting, the salty dialogue and the strong direction that kept things authentic.