Lugosi fans like me just have to chalk this one up to Bela having a bad week.īela is out of character here but pulls off this truly different character from the blood sucker he became famous for. Regardless of its flaws, this film is a dark portrait of the harsh life onboard a 19th century sailing vessel, and is recommended as such. The basic story is okay too, but trying to do too much in too little time and choppy editing can make the plot hard to follow if you don't pay close attention. Production values are good, with all the exteriors shot aboard a real tall ship. An otherwise good cast features Bela Lugosi, whose performance unaccountably vacillates between being believable and atrocious overacting. This movie is a 95% fictional explanation of the enigma that offers revenge and madness as the solution.

Found sailing in good order with its cargo intact and no signs of violence onboard, what happened to its missing crew and single passenger has perplexed investigators and historians - but not fiction writers.

The mystery of the famous derelict ship, the Marie Celeste, has defied solution for almost 140 years.

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