After a line of mischief Philip Gale, an American sailor, is lured into hiring on the "Yorikke", a tramp cargo, by Lawski, a stoker from Poland. Still, the two become friends within the motley crew of losers from all nations. Gale and his new companion soon are more than disillusioned: the "Yorikke" is far from seaworthy and more of a coffin than a ship, work is close to slavery, and treatment by the officers and their subalterns is harsh and cynical. One day they make an alarming discovery in a tin of plum butter they have procured from the ship's cargo... Written by Anonymous
Stars: Horst Buchholz, Mario Adorf, Helmut Schmid, Alf Marholm, Werner Buttler, Elke Sommer
Crew: B. Traven (Novel), Georg Tressler (Director), Ilse Voigt (Editor), Heinz Pehlke (Director of Photography), Werner Jörg Lüddecke (Screenplay), Dietrich von Theobald (Executive Producer)
Country: Germany, Mexico
Language: Deutsch
Studio: UFA, Producciones José Kohn
Runtime: 98 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Oct 01, 1959
IMDb: 4.5
Keywords:sailor, cargo ship
