Ship of the Dead
After a line of mischief Philip Gale, an American sailor, is lured into hiring on the "Yorikke", a tramp cargo, by Lawski, a stoker from Poland. Still, the two become friends within the motley crew of losers from all nations. Gale and his new companion soon are more than disillusioned: the "Yorikke" is far from seaworthy and more of a coffin than a ship, work is close to slavery, and treatment by the officers and their subalterns is harsh and cynical. One day they make an alarming discovery in a tin of plum butter they have procured from the ship's cargo... Written by Anonymous
- Year: 1959
- Country: Germany, Mexico
- Genre: Adventure, Drama
- Studio: UFA, Producciones José Kohn
- Keyword: sailor, cargo ship
- Director: Georg Tressler
- Cast: Horst Buchholz, Mario Adorf, Helmut Schmid, Alf Marholm, Werner Buttler, Elke Sommer