The World in His Arms (1952)
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56% of users liked it
(94 ratings)
Gregory Peck and Anthony Quinn play two seal-hunting rivals in this adventure film set in the days when Alaska was a Russian territory. Peck is adventuring seafarer Jonathan Clark, who falls in love with Russian Countess Marina Selanova (Ann Blyth) while the countess is in San Francisco fleeing an… More Gregory Peck and Anthony Quinn play two seal-hunting rivals in this adventure film set in the days when Alaska was a Russian territory. Peck is adventuring seafarer Jonathan Clark, who falls in love with Russian Countess Marina Selanova (Ann Blyth) while the countess is in San Francisco fleeing an arranged marriage to the vile Prince Semyon (Carl Esmond). The Countess wants to hire a ship to take her to Sitka, AK, where her uncle, General Ivan Vorashilov (Sig Rumann), is governor. Portugee (Quinn) can't raise money for the voyage, so the countess agrees to sail with Clark, and the two quickly fall in love. But Prince Semyon sails into San Francisco just as Clark and the Countess are about to be wed, and the prince abducts her and takes her to Alaska, threatening to kill her uncle if she doesn't marry him. Clark and Portugee then agree to race to Alaska, with the winner getting the other's ship and the seal catch. Clark's boat wins the race, but the Russians arrest both the men as seal poachers. Countess Marina agrees to marry Semyon if he will order the seal hunters released. ~ Michael Betzold, Rovi
- Directed By
- Raoul Walsh
- Written By
- Borden Chase, Horace McCoy, Rex Beach
- Genres
- Classics, Action & Adventure
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Jan 1, 1952 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Michael E. Grost, Classic Film and Television
Superb swashbuckler with brilliant direction from Raoul Walsh.
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Cast
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Gregory Peck
as Jonathan Clark
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Ann Blyth
as Countess Marina Selanova
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Anthony Quinn
as The Portuguese
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John McIntire
as Deacon Greathouse
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Andrea King
as Mamie
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Carl Esmond
as Prince Semyon
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Eugenie Leontovich
as Anna Selanova
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Hans Conried
as Eustace
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Rhys Williams
as Eben Cleggett
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Sig Rumann
as Gen. Ivan Vorashilov
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Bill Radovich
as Ogeechuch
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Bryan Forbes
as William Cleggett
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Henry Kulky
as Peter
- Carl Andre
- Gregg Barton
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Frank Chase
as Seaman
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William "Wee Willie" Davis
as Shanghai Kelley
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Gregory Gaye
as Paul Shushaldin
- Carl Harbaugh
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Syl Lamont
as Jose
- Gregg Martell
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Leo Mostovoy
as Nicholas
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Eve Whitney
as Lilly
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Millicent Patrick
as Lena
- Sig Ruman
