A mad scientist performs experiments on "the criminal mind" on captured criminals on board his private ship.A mad scientist performs experiments on "the criminal mind" on captured criminals on board his private ship.A mad scientist performs experiments on "the criminal mind" on captured criminals on board his private ship.
Julie Bishop
- Joan Martel
- (as Jacqueline Wells)
Leander De Cordova
- Ezra Matthews
- (as Leander de Cordova)
Demetrius Alexis
- Steve Murano
- (as Dmitri Alexis)
Carleton Young
- Reporter
- (unconfirmed)
William Chapman
- Bill
- (uncredited)
Jack Gardner
- Reporter
- (uncredited)
Adia Kuznetzoff
- Adolph Krantz
- (uncredited)
Bert LeBaron
- Sailor
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- Jack London
- Harvey Huntley(uncredited)
- George Wallace Sayre(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
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Did you know
- TriviaThe earliest documented telecast of this film in the New York City area was Wednesday 20 December 1950 on WABD (Channel 5).
- GoofsIn the shortened 49 minute version, at approx. 19:51-19:53, a boom mic shadow is on the chest of Dr. Stander's assistant, Dirk, before it is swiftly moved away.
- Quotes
[first lines]
First reporter: Doctor, is it true that through your experiments in endocrine glands you can cure crime?
Second reporter: What about this crime cure?
Dr. Herbert Stander: Boys, after the grand jury's decision, I'll have a statement to make. If making a criminal mind is normal... than I'll be indicted.
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Featured review
A Great Cast Makes This Watchable
A well known doctor is indicted for his experiments toward curing the criminal mind. Needing to continue his work and hoping that success will clear him, he buys a boat, loads it with several high profile criminals hoping to escape the law and heads out to sea. At least that's the plan, but things start to go wrong and things are revealed to be not what they seemed at first.
This is an okay little thriller that seems more than a bit too talky, even as the action picks up and the crooks try to take over the ship and the captain and crew have to fight to take it back. Lest you think that reveals too much, you obviously haven't watched this, as things go left, right and every which way during its fleeting one hour running time.
The cast is a B-movie lovers dream that includes Lyle Talbot, Irving Pichel and group of character actors that seems to have been pulled from every movie made within five years of this one. Their interaction is what keeps this movie afloat even as the film begins to sink into low level nonsense.
If you're looking for a forgettable time killer or just like watching veteran actors making mountains out of mole hills then by all means give it a shot. Just don't expect high art and you won't be disappointed.
This is an okay little thriller that seems more than a bit too talky, even as the action picks up and the crooks try to take over the ship and the captain and crew have to fight to take it back. Lest you think that reveals too much, you obviously haven't watched this, as things go left, right and every which way during its fleeting one hour running time.
The cast is a B-movie lovers dream that includes Lyle Talbot, Irving Pichel and group of character actors that seems to have been pulled from every movie made within five years of this one. Their interaction is what keeps this movie afloat even as the film begins to sink into low level nonsense.
If you're looking for a forgettable time killer or just like watching veteran actors making mountains out of mole hills then by all means give it a shot. Just don't expect high art and you won't be disappointed.
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- dbborroughs
- Apr 24, 2004
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- Mil muertos en el mar
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- Runtime57 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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