The Last Voyage (1960)
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64% of users liked it
(85 ratings)
Robert Stack and Dorothy Malone are Cliff and Laurie Henderson, a married couple on a vacation with their young daughter (Tammy Marihugh), taking their first sea voyage aboard the aging ocean liner Claridon. All is well for them, but not for the ship below decks, where a fire has broken out. The… More Robert Stack and Dorothy Malone are Cliff and Laurie Henderson, a married couple on a vacation with their young daughter (Tammy Marihugh), taking their first sea voyage aboard the aging ocean liner Claridon. All is well for them, but not for the ship below decks, where a fire has broken out. The engine room crew, led by Chief Engineer Steven Pringle (Jack Kruschen) and 2nd Engineer Walsh (Edmond O'Brien) extinguish the blaze, but the ship's captain (George Sanders) refuses their request to shut down the boilers and check for further damage. Disaster follows as the boilers explode, taking Pringle with them and blasting a hole through to the upper decks and an opening to the sea that's not only too big to patch but allowing in too much water for the pumps to handle. Still, the Captain won't order the passengers to the lifeboats -- he hopes that the engine room crew under Walsh can hold the bulkhead and keep the ship afloat. Meanwhile, Cliff has to rescue his daughter from their wrecked stateroom, and must do what he can to help Laurie, who is trapped beneath a huge piece of steel bulkhead, while the ship slowly loses its battle with the sea. ~ Bruce Eder, Rovi
- Directed By
- Andrew L. Stone, Andrew Stone
- Written By
- Andrew L. Stone
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure, Classics
- In Theaters
- Feb 19, 1960 Wide
- Studio
- WARNER BROTHERS PICTURES
Critic Reviews
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Shane Burridge, rec.arts.movies.reviews
A nifty twist on a familiar theme
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Cast
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Robert Stack
as Cliff Henderson
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Dorothy Malone
as Laurie Henderson
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George Sanders
as Capt. Robert Adams
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Edmond O'Brien
as 2nd Engineer Walsh
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Woody Strode
as Hank Lawson
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Jack Kruschen
as Chief Engineer Pringle
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Joel Marston
as Third Officer England
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George Furness
as Osborne
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Richard Norris
as Third Engineer Cole
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Robert Martin
as Second Mate Mace
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Bill Wilson
as Youth
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Andrew Hughes
as Radio Operator
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Marshall Kent
as Quartermaster
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Tammy Marihugh
as Jill Henderson