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Status
Released
Release
1928
Runtime
58m
The Devil's Skipper was based on Demetrios Contos, a seafaring yarn by Jack London. Effectively cast against type, Belle Bennett plays a wronged woman who becomes the most brutal and feared slave-ship captain on the Seven Seas.
10 Cast Members
Belle Bennett
The Devil Skipper
Montagu Love
First Mate
Gino Corrado
Philip La Farge
Mary McAllister
Marie La Farge
Cullen Landis
John Dubray
G. Raymond Nye
Nick the Greek
Pat Hartigan
Captain McKenna
Adolph Milar
Mate Cornish (as Adolph Millar)
Carolynne Snowden
Slave (as Caroline Snowden)
Stepin Fetchit
Slave's Husband
