Torture Ship

Torture Ship
Theatrical poster
Directed byVictor Halperin
Screenplay by
Based on"A Thousand Deaths"
by Jack London
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyJack Greenhalgh[1]
Edited byHolbrook Todd[1]
Production
company
Distributed byProducers Distributing Corporation
Release date
  • October 22, 1939 (1939-10-22)[1]
Running time
64 minutes[2]
CountryUnited States[1]
LanguageEnglish

Torture Ship is a 1939 American science fiction horror film directed by Victor Halperin, based on Jack London's 1899 short story "A Thousand Deaths". The film stars Lyle Talbot as a mad scientist who performs experiments regarding "the criminal mind" on captured criminals onboard his private ship.

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  2. ^ "Torture Ship (A)". British Board of Film Classification. November 27, 1939. Retrieved October 6, 2023.