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Two Years before the Mast

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

Starring Alan Ladd, Brian Donlevy
Aspiring writer Richard Dana volunteers to join the crew of the notorious brig
Pilgrim determined that the death of his brother in a previous voyage shall not be in vain. His meticulous journal is soon full of the cruelties of the tyrannical Captain Thompson. Enough to begin to change for ever the conditions of men of sea.
FILMS: pages 17-20

Contributors

Based on the novel by:
Richard Henry Dana
Director:
John Farrow
Charles Stewart:
Alan Ladd
Richard Henry Dana:
Brian Donlevy
Mr Amazeen:
William Bendix
Capt Thompson:
Howard Da Silva
Terence O'Feenaghty:
Barry Fitzgerald
Maria Dominguez:
Esther Fernandez
Broum:
Albert Dekker
Mr Foster:
Louis van Rooten
Sam Hooper:
Darryl Hickman
Source: Radio Times

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