The Ghost Ship

The Ghost Ship (1943) is an American black-and-white psychological thriller film, with elements of mystery and horror, directed by Mark Robson, starring Richard Dix and featuring Russell Wade, Edith Barrett, Ben Bard and Edmund Glover, along with Skelton Knaggs. It was produced by Val Lewton for RKO Radio Pictures as part of a series of low-budget horror films. The film can be seen as a "low-key psychological thriller", a "suspense drama", and a "waterlogged melodrama".

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 and several mysterious deaths occur.

Upon its theatrical release on Christmas Eve, 1943, the film was a box office success but received a mixed critical reception. However, in February 1944, Lewton was sued for plagiarism by playwrights Samuel R. Golding and Norbert Faulkner, who claimed that the script was based on a play that was submitted to Lewton for a possible film. Because of the suit, The Ghost Ship was withdrawn from theatrical release and not shown for nearly 50 years. It was not until the film's copyright was not renewed and it entered the public domain in the 1990s, that it began to be available again, and was released as part of the Val Lewton Horror Collection DVD set in 2005. The film, with its predominantly male cast, has been argued by several film critics to have homosexual undertones.

The Ghost Ship (Stingray)

"The Ghost Ship" is the 8th episode of the Supermarionation television series Stingray, originally aired as episode 3 on October 18, 1964. It was written by Alan Fennell and was directed by Desmond Saunders.

Synopsis

The WASPS get a report about the sighting of an ancient galleon on the sea, so Commander Shore joins the Stingray crew to investigate, and soon trouble starts when Shore and Phones go aboard the seemingly deserted galleon...

Plot

The episode opens with an ancient galleon rising up from the ocean floor to the surface. Soon, it is sailing along the ocean and firing cannons.

The World Aquanaut Security Patrol get a report about the galleon and Commander Shore is intrigued by it all and decides to get Stingray to investigate, with him joining the crew on board. Stingray arrives at the location where the galleon was last sighted. Troy Tempest sees nothing but a thick fog but soon enough he spots the galleon approaching and it appears to be deserted. After calling out to the galleon using a megaphone and getting no reply, Shore decides to go aboard, choosing Phones to go with him and telling Troy to stay aboard Stingray with Marina. Shore and Phones use hoverjets to go over to the galleon and split up to investigate the galleon. Shore hears footsteps from somewhere and he reunites with Phones to go into a room. Inside the room is a freshly prepared meal and Shore and Phones enter fully into the room and the door slams shut, which then triggers a trapdoor making Shore and Phones descend lower down the galleon. By the communication wrist watch, Shore tells Troy to stay on board Stingray still. In a lower section of the galleon now we find Shores and Phones wondering what is going on. Suddenly hearing a creaking noise, they draw their guns and a voice from the other side of a door in the room they are in suddenly orders them to throw down their guns or they will be shot on the spot.

List of Stingray episodes

This is an episode guide for the Gerry Anderson television series Stingray, which was made for the British production company ITC Entertainment and first aired between 1964 and 1965 on ATV Midlands. Episodes are listed in the original ATV Midlands broadcast order. The home release was in order of production. All episodes were filmed in colour, a first for a British television programme.

Main Series (1964-65)

Thirty-nine episodes, each of 25 minutes duration.

Special episodes

Compilation films

Between 1980 and 1981, two compilation films were produced for which a number of the original episodes were re-edited and modified for inclusion.

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