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The Wreck of the Hesperus (1948 film)
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Wikipedia article
'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.[http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=25817 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:'..The Wreck of the Hesperus'] It is preserved in the Library of Congress collection.'Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress' p.212 c.1978 the American Film Institute
Plot
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.
Cast
*Willard Parker as John McReady
*Edgar Buchanan as George Lockhart
*Patricia Barry as Deborah Allen
*Holmes Herbert as Pastor West
*Wilton Graff as Caleb Cross
*Boyd Davis as Governor Lincoln
*Jeff Corey as Joshua Hill
*Paul Campbell as Ned Jones
*Paul E. Burns as Rudolph Zeiss
References
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