The Wreck of the Hesperus (1948 film)

The Wreck of the Hesperus is a 1948 American adventure film directed by John Hoffman and starring Willard Parker, Edgar Buchanan and Patricia Barry. It was produced by silent film actor Wallace MacDonald in association with Columbia Pictures, which also distributed the film.^[1] It is preserved in the Library of Congress collection.^[2]

The Wreck of the Hesperus
Directed by	John Hoffman
Written by	Aubrey Wisberg Edward Huebsch
Based on	the poem The Wreck of the Hesperus, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Produced by	Wallace MacDonald
Starring	Willard Parker Edgar Buchanan Patricia Barry
Cinematography	Allen G. Siegler
Edited by	James Sweeney
Music by	Michael Bakaleinikoff
Production company	Columbia Pictures
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	February 5, 1948 (1948-02-05)
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

Captain John McReady loses his ship in a storm when he is misled by a fake channel light. With no shipowner willing to give him another command, he accepts a job offered by George Lockhart, managing a salvaging warehouse. It turns out, however, that Lockhart is the man responsible for wrecking McReady's ship and others.

Cast

• Willard Parker as John McReady
• Edgar Buchanan as George Lockhart
• Patricia Barry as Deborah Allen
• Holmes Herbert as Pastor West
• Wilton Graff as Caleb Cross
• Boyd Davis as Governor Lincoln
• Jeff Corey as Joshua Hill
• Paul Campbell as Ned Jones
• Paul E. Burns as Rudolph Zeiss