The Devil's Skipper

The Devil's Skipper was based on Demetrios Contos, a seafaring yarn by Jack London. Effectively cast against type, Belle Bennett plays a wronged woman who becomes the most brutal and feared slave-ship captain on the Seven Seas.

Cast

Belle Bennett

as The Devil Skipper

Montagu Love

as First Mate

Gino Corrado

as Philip La Farge

Mary McAllister

as Marie La Farge

Cullen Landis

as John Dubray

G. Raymond Nye

as Nick the Greek

Pat Hartigan

as Captain McKenna

Adolph Milar

as Mate Cornish (as Adolph Millar)

Carolynne Snowden

as Slave (as Caroline Snowden)

Stepin Fetchit

as Slave's Husband

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