--- title: 'Rulers of the Sea (1939)' type: 'film' director: 'Frank Lloyd' released: '1939-01-01' runtime_minutes: 96 genres: - 'Drama' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/rulers-of-the-sea-1939' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031883/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Rulers of the Sea (1939) 1939 · 96 min · Drama · United States ## Synopsis Rulers of the Sea is a 1939 American historical drama film directed by Frank Lloyd and starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Margaret Lockwood and Will Fyffe. The film's story is based on the voyage of the SS Savannah, the first steamship to cross the North Atlantic, from Britain to the United States. The film was made by Paramount Pictures, but featured Lockwood and Fyffe who were two of the leading stars of the British Gainsborough Pictures studios. The supporting cast features Alan Ladd. ## Credits - **Director:** [Frank Lloyd](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-lloyd) - **Producer:** [Frank Lloyd](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-lloyd) - **Screenplay:** [Frank Cavett](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-cavett), [Talbot Jennings](https://cinepixo.com/people/talbot-jennings), [Richard Collins](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-collins) - **Original Music Composer:** [Richard Hageman](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-hageman) - **Director of Photography:** [Theodor Sparkuhl](https://cinepixo.com/people/theodor-sparkuhl), [Archie Stout](https://cinepixo.com/people/archie-stout) - **Editor:** [Paul Weatherwax](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-weatherwax) ## Cast - [Alan Ladd](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-ladd) - [George Bancroft](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-bancroft) - [Montagu Love](https://cinepixo.com/people/montagu-love) - [Lester Matthews](https://cinepixo.com/people/lester-matthews) - [Douglas Fairbanks Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/douglas-fairbanks-jr) - [Lawrence Grant](https://cinepixo.com/people/lawrence-grant) - [Margaret Lockwood](https://cinepixo.com/people/margaret-lockwood) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/rulers-of-the-sea-1939 Film facts: Wikidata (Q1382120); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.