This excellent, overlooked story about a tuna fisherman owes some of its heritage to
Moby Dick. Edward G. Robinson is an ugly, somewhat unlovable fisherman. On a tuna-fishing trip, he saves the life of his best friend, Richard Arlen, and loses his own hand to a huge shark in the process.
Another of his pals, whose daughter, Zita Johann, Robinson loves, is also swallowed by the sea. When Robinson's hand is replaced by a hook, he worries that he will be rejected by heaven because he will not enter the next life "whole." Johann is so stricken by her father's death that she almost
commits suicide, but she is saved by Robinson. When the noisy, blowhard, but kindl...
Released:
1932
Rated:
NR
Length:
80 mins