Down to the Sea in Ships (1949)

This review is on Down to the Sea in Ships from 1949 which stars: Richard Widmark, Lionel Barrymore, Dean Stockwell, Cecil Kellaway, Gene Lockhart, Berry Kroeger, John McIntire, Henry Morgan, Harry Davenport, Paul Harvey, Jay C. Flippen and is directed by Henry Hathaway.

Whaling ship captain Bering Joy takes his grandson Jed on a whaling expedition to teach him life values such as honesty, courage, wisdom,fairness and hard work. First mate Dan Lunceford is entrusted with teaching Jed his schoolwork.

This is a Twentieth Century Fox Cinema Archives release and has great video and audio quality. There is no special features included with this release. The film in presented in b&w, Full screen and runs for about 120mins (2hrs).

I would give this film a 7/10 and the DVD a 3/5. Overall this is a good DVD release and is a film I recommend.