Based on a true story, in 1842 a prosecutor (Porter Hall) accuses slaver Michael Taylor (Gary Cooper) of being responsible for 19 deaths at sea; but George Martin (Robert Cummings) and others argue that he saved their lives. Yet the jury finds Taylor...read the complete Souls at Sea (1937) review at Movie Mirror
Passable sea adventure, with Gary Cooper as a sailor who earns the opprobrium of his mates for saving himself during a shipwreck--but naturally, Coop has his noble reasons. With George Raft, Frances Dee, Harry Carey, Robert Cummings, and George Zucco;...read the complete Souls at Sea (1937) review at Chicago Reader (Dave Kehr)