Watch Wake Of The Red Witch (1948) Free Online

Release Date: 1948

Cast: Eduard Franz, Paul Fix, Adele Mara, Dennis Hoey, Grant Withers, Jeff Corey, Gail Russell, Duke Kahanamoku, Gig Young, John Wayne, Henry Daniell, Luther Adler

Categories: Movies, Swashbuckler films, Adventure, Action, Epic, Action/Adventure

Wake of the Red Witch is a 1948 drama film from Republic Pictures starring John Wayne and Gail Russell, produced by Edmund Grainger, and based upon the novel by Garland Roark. The supporting cast includes Gig Young, Adele Mara, and Luther Adler, and the picture was directed by Edward Ludwig. John Wayne stars as a sea captain in the early 1860s East Indies out for revenge against a wealthy shipping magnate. The focus of the film is the deadly rivalry between two men of the sea. Ship's captain Ralls (John Wayne) nurses a long-standing grudge against shipping magnate Mayrant Ruysdaal Sidneye... MORE

Wake of the Red Witch is a 1948 drama film from Republic Pictures starring John Wayne and Gail Russell, produced by Edmund Grainger, and based upon the novel by Garland Roark. The supporting cast includes Gig Young, Adele Mara, and Luther Adler, and the picture was directed by Edward Ludwig. John Wayne stars as a sea captain in the early 1860s East Indies out for revenge against a wealthy shipping magnate. The focus of the film is the deadly rivalry between two men of the sea. Ship's captain Ralls (John Wayne) nurses a long-standing grudge against shipping magnate Mayrant Ruysdaal Sidneye (Luther Adler). The reason for the animosity: Van Schreeven stole away Ralls' love, Angelique (Gail Russell). One day, Ralls decides to "scuttle," or intentionally ground the ship, which is carrying five million dollars in gold bullion. Ralls orders his assistant, Antonio "Ripper" Arrezo (Paul Fix), to lock the navigator, Mr. Loring (Jeff Corey), inside his cabin while he drives the ship onto a reef. When it sinks, the crew abandons ship. First Mate Sam Rosen (Gig Young), Ripper and Capt. Ralls are called before a court of inquiry, at which Loring testifies that Mayrant Ruysdaal Sidneye (Luther LESS