The Wreck of the Hesperus | |
Director: | John Hoffman |
Producer: | Wallace MacDonald |
Based On: | the poem The Wreck of the Hesperus, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
Starring: | Willard Parker Edgar Buchanan Patricia Barry |
Music: | Michael Bakaleinikoff |
Cinematography: | Allen G. Siegler |
Editing: | James Sweeney |
Distributor: | Columbia Pictures |
Studio: | Columbia Pictures |
Runtime: | 70 minutes |
Country: | United States |
Language: | English |
The Wreck of the Hesperus is a 1948 American adventure film directed by John Hoffman and starring Willard Parker, Edgar Buchanan and Patricia Barry. It was produced by silent film actor Wallace MacDonald in association with Columbia Pictures, which also distributed the film.[1] It is preserved in the Library of Congress collection.[2]
Captain John McReady loses his ship in a storm when he is misled by a fake channel light. With no shipowner willing to give him another command, he accepts a job offered by George Lockhart, managing a salvaging warehouse. It turns out, however, that Lockhart is the man responsible for wrecking McReady's ship and others.