Product Details

• Actors: George O'Brien
• Directors: Ewing Scott
• Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Alpha Video
• DVD Release Date: March 29, 2005
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0007OP1US
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #217,887 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Windjammer" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

From the Actor

Ewing Scott, the celebrated director of such popular early feature films as Swamp Virgins (a.k.a. Untamed Fury) and Hollywood Cowboy, put the master’s seal on a remarkable career with later offerings like Harpoon (1948), Arctic Flight (1952), and Red Snow (!952). His range of cinematographic aptitude was not reserved to direction alone – he tried his hand, successfully, at the disciplines of screenwriting, story authoring and production as well. In his time, Ewing Scott worked with some of Hollywood’s most celebrated stars, including Helen Brown, Robert Bice, John Bromfield and Mikel Conrad. Despite a seeming predilection for icy Arctic wastelands as his favorite thematic background, Scott proved himself as amazingly versatile. His treatment of the 1937 classic Windjammer proves that he was at home in any element – including the High Seas.

THE PLOT: Assistant State Attorney Bruce Lane (George O’Brien) is ordered to serve a subpoena on the prosperous Commodore Selby (Brandon Evans), requiring him to appear at a senate enquiry. The time he finds to do this is not an opportune one. He signs on as a deckhand aboard the Commodore’s yacht during a yacht race that will lead across the Pacific, with Hawaii as the final port of call. As fate would have it, the Commodore’s craft is wrecked by the windjammer of weapon-smuggler Captain Morgan (William Hall). This effectively puts Lane in the thickest part of a rapidly thickening plot. The Commodore’s entire crew is captured by the marauders. Their high-society balloon is quickly deflated when they are drafted into enforced onboard labor. What makes it personal for Lane is the fact that the Commodore’s gorgeous daughter Betty (Constance Worth) is among them. Her presence triggers a hidden cache of chivalry and swashbuckling enthusiasm within him.

Product Description

Studio: Gotham (dba Alpha) Release Date: 06/07/2005

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars Turning The Tables, November 6, 2006

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delores - See all my reviews

This review is from: Windjammer (1937) [Remastered Edition] (DVD)

Now this is the type of film that Holywood never seems to make anymore. I wonder why? People my age would go back to the movies in droves if we could see more family friendly fare like this.

This one is particularly satisfying because it shows how the tables can be turned on theieves and , ruffians and bad guys and that if you just wait, fate will make sure that everyone gets what's comming to them in the end.

It is a strong moral lesson and one that today's young people would be better off if they heard it more and more often - instead of the type of modern movies where the bad guys seem to win.

The main plot point is that a robber barron heads off to the high sees in order to avoid getting arrested for being a theif and a criminal.

Almost as soon as he is out on the water, however, pirates raid his ship and make him work for them.

He soon finds out what it feels like to have peopel steal from hiim and I sure puts some thought to how the people he stole from must have felt about his bad deeds.

There is a lot of intense pirate footage and the sea is very well shot.

I reccomend this film to anyone who wants to see a classic holywood swashbuckler film with a modern moral message.

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun Pirate Movie, May 24, 2006

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jen - See all my reviews

This review is from: Windjammer (1937) [Remastered Edition] (DVD)

Fun on the high seas! Sword fights! Guys in tight clothes! Shenanigans on the high seas! This movie has everything you want in an older pirate film. It's surprising because it doesn't start out as pirates. Instead a guy has to serve court papers on a sea captain, so he sneaks on board as a deckhand. But then, in a plot twist, the boat is attacked by pirates and the two guys end up fighting together against the bad guys while sailin to Hawaii. It's a ridiculous plot, but is good fun to sit down and veg out with. I liked it alot.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Windjammer, December 16, 2008

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James A. Golini (Sun City Az.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Windjammer (DVD)

Buyers beware any title that is distributed by Alpha I must state they have the best graphics to advertise the title but the absolute worst print material taken from beat-up 16mm prints,believe me the public is under the impression that if a movie is old they make allowances for the scratches and splices thinking oh well its old,not so other companys have better print material. Alpha sells pure junk.