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Seaman is one of the lowest ranks in a navy. In the Commonwealth it is the lowest rank in the navy, followed by able seaman and leading seaman, and followed by the petty officer ranks.
In the United States, it means the lowest three enlisted rates of the U.S. Navy, followed by the higher petty officer ranks. The equivalent of the seaman, in French-speaking countries, is the matelot.
The term "seaman" is also a general-purpose for a man or a woman who works anywhere on board a modern ship, including in the engine spaces, which is the very opposite of sailing. Furthermore, "seaman" is a short form for the status of an "able-bodied seaman", either in the navies or in the merchant marines. An able-bodied seaman is one who is fully trained and qualified to work on the decks and superstructure of modern ships, even during foul weather, whereas less-qualified sailors are restricted to remaining within the ship during times of foul weather — lest they be swept overboard by the stormy seas or by the high winds.
Actors: Mauri Jaakkola (actor), Tuula Nyman (actress), Esko Nikkari (actor), Lasse Pöysti (actor), Antti Litja (actor), Liisamaija Laaksonen (actress), Martti Pennanen (actor), Leo Lastumäki (actor), Mats Långbacka (actor), Olavi Ahonen (actor), Samuli Edelmann (actor), Keijo Komppa (actor), Jyrki Kovaleff (actor), Matti Kassila (writer), Rauha Puntti (actress),
Plot: Two young lovers, Anna and Martti, are split apart but are reunited many years later when their lives have changed considerably. Anna is a war widow; Martti a writer, is married, and has five children.
Keywords: adultery, aging, alcohol, alcoholism, author, autumn, based-on-novel, break-up, chase, cheating-husbandActors: Harold Miller (actor), Alberto Morin (actor), Brian Aherne (actor), Robin Hughes (actor), Sam Harris (actor), Patrick Aherne (actor), Roy Gordon (actor), Richard Basehart (actor), Barry Bernard (actor), Hamilton Camp (actor), Harry Cording (actor), Eugene Borden (actor), Nicolas Coster (actor), Edmund Purdom (actor), Patrick O'Moore (actor),
Plot: Unhappily married and uncomfortable with life among the British upper crust, Julia Sturges takes her two children and boards the Titanic for America. Her husband Richard also arranges passage on the doomed luxury liner in order to let him have custody of their two children. Their problems soon seem minor when the ship hits an iceberg.
Keywords: 1910s, captain, child-custody, disaster, father-daughter-relationship, father-son-relationship, historical-event, husband-wife-relationship, iceberg, lifeboatActors: Fred Aldrich (actor), Harry Antrim (actor), Sven Hugo Borg (actor), Morris Ankrum (actor), Gene Evans (actor), Franklyn Farnum (actor), Byron Foulger (actor), Louis Jean Heydt (actor), Robin Hughes (actor), Peter Brocco (actor), Patric Knowles (actor), Norman Leavitt (actor), Rory Mallinson (actor), Michael Mark (actor), Clayton Moore (actor),
Plot: Early in the War of 1812, Captain James Marshall is commissioned to run the British blockade and fetch an unofficial war loan from France. As first mate, Marshall recruits Ben Waldridge, a cashiered former British Navy captain. Waldridge brings his former gun crew...who begin plotting mutiny as soon as they learn there'll be gold aboard. The gold duly arrives, and with it Waldridge's former sweetheart Leslie, who's fond of a bit of gold herself. Which side is Waldridge really on?
Keywords: 1810s, adventuress, battle, bayonet, brawl, british-navy, british-soldier, combat, cutlass, disarming-someoneActors: John McIntire (actor), Philo McCullough (actor), Mike Lally (actor), Henry Kulky (actor), Gregory Gaye (actor), Gregg Martell (actor), Hans Conried (actor), Carl Harbaugh (actor), Augie Gomez (actor), Chuck Hayward (actor), Carl Esmond (actor), Gregg Barton (actor), Lee Tung Foo (actor), Bryan Forbes (actor), John McKee (actor),
Plot: Roistering sea captain Jonathan Clark, who poaches seal pelts from Russian Alaska, meets and woos Russian countess Marina in 1850 San Francisco. Events separate them, but after an exciting sea race to the Pribilof Islands they meet again; now, both are in danger from the schemes of villainous Prince Semyon.
Keywords: alaska, aristocrat, arms-tied-overhead, arranged-marriage, based-on-novel, blockbuster, boat, brawl, captain, countessActors: Jeff Corey (actor), Rory Mallinson (actor), Dennis Hoey (actor), George Barrows (actor), Al Kikume (actor), Myron Healey (actor), Fred Aldrich (actor), Henry Daniell (actor), James Dime (actor), Paul Fix (actor), Henry Brandon (actor), Eduard Franz (actor), Fred Graham (actor), David Clarke (actor), Frank Mills (actor),
Plot: Captain Ralls fights Dutch shipping magnate Mayrant Sidneye for the woman he loves, Angelique Desaix, and for a fortune in gold aboard the Red Witch.
Keywords: accidental-death, adrift, adventure-hero, anger, arrest, bali-island-indonesia, bar, bare-chested-male, bare-chested-male-bondage, based-on-novelActors: Fred Essler (actor), Humphrey Bogart (actor), Jean Del Val (actor), John Daheim (actor), Bobby Barber (actor), Monte Blue (actor), George Davis (actor), John Bagni (actor), Frederic Brunn (actor), Fred Aldrich (actor), André Charlot (actor), Eduardo Ciannelli (actor), Hans Conried (actor), Harry Cording (actor), Victor Francen (actor),
Plot: As French bomber crews prepare an air raid from a base in England, we learn the story of Matrac, a French journalist who opposed the Munich Pact. Framed for murder and sent to Devil's Island, he and four others escape. They are on a ship bound for Marseilles when France surrenders and fascist sympathizer Major Duval tries to seize the ship for Vichy.
Keywords: airplane, anti-aircraft, based-on-novel, beating, birthday, bomber, bombing-mission, bribe, burial, butterflyActors: Bud Geary (actor), Frank Jenks (actor), William 'Billy' Benedict (actor), Clyde Fillmore (actor), Al Hill (actor), Ken Christy (actor), Sig Arno (actor), Jack Clifford (actor), Edmund Cobb (actor), James Blaine (actor), Dick Curtis (actor), John Daheim (actor), Brian Donlevy (actor), Edgar Edwards (actor), Johnny Kascier (actor),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Carl Pierson (editor), Charley Rogers (actor), Benny Rubin (actor), Fred Santley (actor), Ruth Hiatt (actress), Mira McKinney (actress), Barney A. Sarecky (producer), Jack Natteford (writer), Richard Alexander (actor), Richard Cramer (actor), Frank Jaquet (actor), Edward Keane (actor), Guy Kingsford (actor), Harry Langdon (actor), Sam Lufkin (actor),
Plot: The owner of an American bean cannery and his wife are expecting the arrival of two orphans from war-torn England, but the "youngsters" arrive and are two addled-brain adults, Albert (Harry Langdon) and Alfred Prattle (Charles Rogers). Making a worse deal out of a bad one, the owner puts them to work in his cannery where, among other mishaps, they manage to place a $100,000 gem in a can of beans. The word gets out and customers, hoping to buy the can with the gem, clear the market place of the company's beans.
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Eda Warren (editor), Clem Beauchamp (actor), James Dime (actor), Bobby Dunn (actor), Martin Faust (actor), Stanley Fields (actor), Kit Guard (actor), Frank Hagney (actor), John Halliday (actor), Neil Hamilton (actor), Clarence Wilson (actor), William LeBaron (producer), Robert Presnell Sr. (writer), Harvey F. Thew (writer), John Leipold (composer),
Genres: Mystery,Actors: Fred Kohler (actor), Tetsu Komai (actor), Boris Karloff (actor), Richard Arlen (actor), Richard Alexander (actor), Gary Cooper (actor), George Bancroft (actor), Frank Darien (actor), Wallace Beery (actor), Charles Farrell (actor), Eddie Fetherston (actor), William Bakewell (actor), William Conklin (actor), Frank Jonasson (actor), Mitchell Lewis (actor),
Plot: Early in the 19th century, the USS Constitution is launched as part of an effort to stop piracy in the Mediterranean. Meanwhile, a young man determined to go to sea is befriended by the bos'n of the merchant ship Esther, and he joins her crew. When the Esther reaches the Mediterranean, she too, along with the Constitution, becomes involved in the battle against the pirates.
Keywords: epic, sea