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sandrajprice
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Down to the Sea in Ships (1949)
Captain hires tutor for his grandson so they can sail the seas together
26 March 2008 - 6 out of 7 users found this review helpful.
This is one of my all-time favorite movies. I have only seen it appear twice on movie channels, and I have never been able to locate it video stores. A boy is being uneducated as he travels with his grandfather on the high seas, so villagers in their home-town object and threaten to take the boy from his grandfather, who hires a tutor/teacher to travel with them. The movie has coming of age drama, with family ties strained over the boy's hero-worship of someone besides his grandfather. Widmark is brilliant as the teacher/tutor (in his first movie as a non-violent character.) He senses the grandfather's resentment and moves away from the boy very subtly.
Wonderful story.
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