''Wolf Larsen'' is a 1958 American adventure film directed by

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and starring Barry Sullivan and

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Plot

A mean-spirited ship captain keeps his crew under his autocratic thumb while indulging his more refined side. But when his men rise up in mutiny, Larsen forces the cultured Van Weyden to help him quash the uprising.

Cast

* Barry Sullivan as Wolf Larsen *

as Van Weyden * Gita Hall as Kristina *

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as Mugridge * John Alderson as Johnson * Rico Alaniz as Louis *

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as Matthews * Jack Grinnage as Leach *

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as Haskins * Henry Rowland as Henderson * Bob LaVarre as Crewmember

Production

In September 1956 producer Lindsay Parsons announced he would make a film called ''The Far Wanderer'' from a script by Turney Walker. It was to be about seal hunting and star

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, also using Hayden's yacht. Filming was to begin in November 1956 and finance came from Allied Artists. Gregg G. Tallas was attached as director. Eventually filming pushed back and Hayden dropped out, to be replaced by Barry Sullivan. However Hayden's yacht was still used. Filming began May 1958. The female lead went to Gita Hall, who was married to Sullivan at the time. This was the sixth film version of London's novel. Larsen had been portrayed by Noah Beery Sr. in 1920 and Edward G. Robinson in 1941.

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* * * 1958 films 1958 adventure films Allied Artists films American adventure films Films based on The Sea-Wolf Films directed by Harmon Jones Films scored by Paul Dunlap Sea adventure films 1950s English-language films 1950s American films {{adventure-film-stub