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.
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 Sterling Hayden, also using Hayden's yacht. Filming was to begin in November 1956 and finance came from Allied Artists.[3]Gregg G. Tallas was attached as director.[4]
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.[5] The female lead went to Gita Hall, who was married to Sullivan at the time.[6]
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.
References
^"WOLF LARSEN". Monthly Film Bulletin. Vol. 26, no. 300. London. Jan 1, 1959. p. 93.
^Warren, Geoffrey (Feb 20, 1959). "Clifton Webb Diverts as 'Mr. Pennypacker'". Los Angeles Times. p. A8.
^"Floating an Issue". New York Times. Sep 15, 1956. p. 10.
^Schallert, Edwin (Sep 24, 1956). "'Sayonara' Deal Lurks for Hudson; Dorothy Jordan Resumes in Film". Los Angeles Times. p. A11.
^Hopper, Hedda (May 5, 1958). "Johnson Has a Script; He Thinks It Is a Corker". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. b20.
^"FILMLAND EVENTS: Elizabeth Taylor to Take Vacation". Los Angeles Times. May 23, 1958. p. B8.
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