Product Details

• Actors: Gregory Peck, Ann Blyth, Anthony Quinn, John McIntire, Carl Esmond
• Directors: Raoul Walsh
• Writers: Borden Chase, Horace McCoy, Rex Beach
• Producers: Aaron Rosenberg
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, Original recording reissued, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Universal Studios
• VHS Release Date: September 17, 1996
• Run Time: 104 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 630415318X
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #169,671 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Set in 1850, a celebrated sea captain who dares to trap seals off the coast of Russian-owned Alaska. After a particularly bountiful trip, he sails back to San Francisco and throws a large, lavish celebration. During the party he meets a lovely countess who, unbeknownst to him, is trying to escape her pre-arranged marriage to a greedy Russian prince. Trouble ensues when the prince finds her and forces her aboard a gunboat bound for the Pribilofs. When the captain learns of her kidnapping, he sets sail- amid gale force winds and treacherous seas- on a harrowing quest to resuce his lady love.

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars SHOW ME THE MONEY, November 18, 2004

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M. Ferrer "Mónica Ferrer" (SPAIN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: World in His Arms [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Raoul Walsh was a great director. Only he could have done a film like this. In other's director hands this would have been only another adventure film, but Walsh had that touch. The touch of make films that had everything. He knew how to make a sailing race, and a romantic scene. He was impecable.

Our hero, always dashing Gregory Peck, has a dream, he also has a bizarre crew, but it is his dream who leads him to a great adventure. He wants to find money to buy Alaska from his Imperial Majesty the Czar. So he goes to san Francisco to sell the seal pelts he has and to find the money.

Here comes the girl , Countess Marina Selonova, Ann Blyth, who is trying to scape from an arranged marriage. Being at the same hotel our captain thinks that the lovely girl he has just met is a "lady of the night". But because he is an open minded captain, he falls in love with her.

Of course villains are everywhere. The Portuguese wants Peck's vessel, Prince Semyon wants his girl, his crew wants seals pelts. And so all together sail to Pribiloff Islands where true love, and good business will win.

Wonderful cast with a great John McIntire and Anthony Quinn . A nice seal and her Inuit friend and spectacular images. Who could ask for anything more?

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The World In His Arms, April 2, 2000

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Melody Johnson "pellmelody" (St. Petersburg, FL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: World in His Arms [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Wonderfully light romantic film full of gorgeous costumes, action and adventure similar to old Errol Flynn swashbuckling movies.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Sailor's Delight, April 19, 2004

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"axiesmom" (monticello, in United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: World in His Arms [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This would be a typical Hollywood costume epic of the 1950's, carried mostly by star power and production values. But!! If you like sailing ship sequences, this has one of the best ever filmed. It is worth getting just for the race to Alaska.