The Ghost Ship (1943)
| Release Date | 24 December 1943 |
| Tagline | MYSTERY TERROR! (original print ad - all caps) |
| Genre | Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller, Adventure |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Sound Mix | Mono |
| Color | Black and White |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Adventure Drama, Sea Adventure |
| Themes | Mind Games, Ship Cruises |
| Tones | Tense |
| Tags | Boat, Captain [military], Craziness, Crew, Danger, Disintegration, Man, Maniac, Mate, Merchant, Mutiny, Sadist, Sailor, Sea, Sinister, Terror, Torment, Torture, Warning |
The Ghost Ship (1943) is a black-and-white horror and crime film (with mystery film overtones) starring Richard Dix, Russell Wade, and Skelton Knaggs. The film is about a young merchant marine officer who begins to suspect that his ship's captain is mentally unbalanced and endangering the lives of the ship's crew. The ship's crew, however, believes the vessel to be haunted and cursed. Several mysterious deaths occur. After the young officer files a negative report with the corporation which owns the ship, the captain fires him. But a shipmate, believing the officer to be AWOL, kidnaps the young man and returns him to the vessel. The captain becomes enraged, and attempts to murder the young officer. The film was directed by Mark Robson and produced by Val Lewton for RKO Radio Pictures.
