AKA: "The Mystery of the Marie Celeste" (1935)

One of the great unsolved mysteries of all time is that of the Marie Celeste, a ship found derelict at sea, in full sail, with not a single person, living or dead, aboard and her cargo untouched. Food was found uneaten on the stove and absolutely no indications of what happened were left behind. This film is a fictional tale that suggests what might have happened aboard that fatal cruise in 1872.

Captain Benjamin Briggs (Arthur Margetson) of the Mary Celeste (thus named in the film) is preparing to set sail and sets his first mate, Toby Bilson (Edmund Willard) to finding a crew. Briggs marries his love Sarah (Shirley Grey) and asks her to sail with him to Italy. Among the crew rounded up is Anton Lorenzen (Bela Lugosi), who had previously been victim of a brutal shanghaiing, and Grot (Herbert Cameron), who is placed aboard ship by Captain Morehead (Clifford McLaglen), Briggs' rival for Sarah's hand, with instructions to arrange for the captain to meet with an accident. Soon after setting sail the crew begins to die or vanish mysteriously, leading to a suspenseful conclusion.