Here we've displayed a list of the best First Mate films : Steamboat Bill, Jr.(1928), Down to the Sea in Ships(1949), The World in His Arms(1952), Anne of the Indies(1951), Wake of the Red Witch(1948), The Gun Runners(1958), Rulers of the Sea(1939), Slave Ship(1937), Captain Pirate(1953), Blackbeard, the Pirate(1952), Gorgo(1961), Captain Hurricane(1935) ... ...
Comedy
USA
1928
71 Minutes
Buster Keaton Ernest Torrence Marion Byron Tom Lewis Tom McGuire James T. Mack Joe Keaton
college graduate steamboat captain girlfriend rival first mate haberdasher amusing madcap heartwarming mississippi river boat town haberdashery reunion father/son relationship rivalry boats rivalry transformation love
The effete son of a cantankerous riverboat captain comes to join his father's crew.
Adventure
USA
1949
120 Minutes
captain grandchild first mate ship owner sailor gripping rousing massachusetts port ship south america atlantic ocean grandparent/child relationship sailors feud disaster respect old age rivalry growing up
Whaling ship captain Bering Joy takes his grandson Jed on a whaling trip to teach him core life values while First Mate Dan Lunceford is tasked with tutoring Jed.
Adventure
USA
1952
104 Minutes
Gregory Peck Ann Blyth Anthony Quinn John McIntire Carl Esmond Andrea King Eugenie Leontovich Hans Conried Rhys Williams Sig Ruman Gregory Gaye
captain first mate pilot countess merchant prince gripping spirited melodramatic san francisco ship alaska sea island fur trade impersonation forced marriage romance wager seduction
In San Francisco in 1850, a Russian Countess runs away from an arranged marriage to a Russian Prince and falls into the arms of an American sea captain who occasionally poaches seals in Russian Alaska.
Romance, Adventure, Drama, Action
USA
1951
81 Minutes
Jean Peters Louis Jourdan Debra Paget Herbert Marshall Thomas Gomez James Robertson Justice Francis Pierlot Sean McClory
pirate spy first mate blackbeard wife spectacular engaging rousing ship west indies jamaica bahamas betrayal treasure infatuation piracy secret marriage battle discovery sacrifice
In order to recover his ship impounded by the British, former pirate captain LaRochelle agrees to spy on the notorious Caribbean Sea pirates Blackbeard and Anne Providence.
Action
USA
1948
106 Minutes
John Wayne Gail Russell Gig Young Adele Mara Luther Adler Eduard Franz Grant Withers Henry Daniell Paul Fix Dennis Hoey Jeff Corey
ship captain first mate love interest shipping magnate crew member niece brooding confident dreamy ocean boat grudge sailing determination revenge love triangle rivalry sacrifice quest revenge
During the 1860s in the South Pacific, Capt. Ralls, skipper of the Red Witch, has a series of adventures involving sunken gold bullion, pearls, natives, an unscrupulous ship owner and a giant octopus.
Adventure
USA
1958
83 Minutes
Audie Murphy Eddie Albert Patricia Owens Everett Sloane Gita Hall Richard Jaeckel Paul Birch Jack Elam John Harding Peggy Maley Carl Rogers
skipper arms dealer wife first mate revolutionary femme fatale suspenseful gritty thrilling melodramatic key west, fla. cuba sea boat house gun running cuban revolution debt moral dilemma murder
The Cuban misadventures of a Florida smuggler, at the time of the Cuban Revolution.
Adventure
USA
1939
96 Minutes
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Margaret Lockwood Will Fyffe George Bancroft Montagu Love Vaughan Glaser David Torrence Lester Matthews Alan Ladd David Clyde Mike Driscoll
first mate captain engineer daughter investor partner spirited rousing london new york city atlantic ocean steamboat liverpool, england innovation seafaring race inventions technology changing times quest
Story of the beginnings of the steam-powered engine and its use in the first steamship voyage across the Atlantic Ocean.
Action
USA
1937
90 Minutes
captain fiancé first mate cabin boy slave trader melodramatic campy thrilling uneasy cargo ship plantation west african coast slave trade mutiny reform power struggle wretched excess adventure 1860s
Captain Lovett ordered his first mate Thompson to get rid of his slave-trading crew and get a more respectable bunch for standard shipping, but when he brings his new bride Nancy aboard he ... See full summary »
Adventure
USA
1953
85 Minutes
Louis Hayward Patricia Medina John Sutton Charles Irwin Ted de Corsia Rex Evans Malú Gatica George Givot Robert McNeeley
physician fiancée sea captain pirate first mate military official spirited brash west indies ship cell port harbor piracy false accusations devotion impersonation duplicity murder quest
In 1690, pardoned pirate Captain Blood's quiet existence is shaken when the Crown re-arrests him on fresh piracy charges but the captain suspects he's being set-up.
Adventure
USA
1952
99 Minutes
Robert Newton Linda Darnell William Bendix Keith Andes Torin Thatcher Irene Ryan Alan Mowbray Richard Egan Skelton Knaggs Richard Wessel Anthony Caruso
pirate surgeon first mate blackbeard damsel in distress hostage thrilling spirited atlantic ocean pirate ship island heroism pirates seafaring bravery secret identity pursuit rivalry rescue 1710s
Honest Edward Maynard finds himself serving as ship's surgeon under the infamous pirate Blackbeard.
Sci-Fi
UK
1961
79 Minutes
Bill Travers William Sylvester Vincent Winter Christopher Rhodes Joseph O'Conor Bruce Seton Martin Benson Maurice Kaufman Basil Dignam Barry Keegan Tommy Duggan
sailor first mate captain fisherman monster explorer frenetic spirited campy ship atlantic ocean london ireland circus bridge natural disasters expedition man vs. beast creatures supernatural
Greedy sailors capture a giant lizard off the coast of Ireland and sell it to a London circus. Then its mother shows up.
Drama
USA
1935
72 Minutes
captain seaman first mate housekeeper daughter thrilling rousing amusing ship docks seaside new england seafaring disaster retirement bad luck heroism investment rescue quest
Zenas Brewster (James Barton) is a seafaring man with a bad reputation. Notorious for his tempestuous nature, Brewster has earned the nickname of "Captain Hurricane." Brewster is smitten ... See full summary »
Adventure
USA
1940
85 Minutes
Victor Mature Louise Platt Leo Carrillo
captain daughter sailor first mate british soldier traitor spectacular suspenseful amusing emotional ship high seas france port war of 1812 betrayal seafaring civilian deaths transportation revenge
When her father dies, a young woman helps a young man take command of the ship to fight the British during the war of 1812.
Adventure
USA
1952
83 Minutes
Rhonda Fleming Sterling Hayden Helena Carter John Sutton Paul Cavanagh Michael Ansara Raymond Hatton Alex Montoya
sea captain rival pirate fiancée first mate messenger spirited cheeky melodramatic caribbean ship sea island jamaica court pirates impersonation parentage secrets jealousy
The seafaring adventures of French privateer Kit 'The Hawk' Gerardo during the Franco-Spanish-English war of the 17th century.
War
USA
1970
95 Minutes
James Franciscus Elizabeth Shepherd Ronald Allen Reuven Bar-Yotam Mark Hawkins Magda Konopka Drewe Henley Inigo Jackson
naval officer wife enemy first mate american soldier tense gripping emotional boat italy sicily love triangle world war ii naval warfare bravery forbidden love pursuit rivalry 1940s
An American commander, serving under the British Royal Navy in 1942, is assigned to blockade the island of Malta and told to formulate a plan to destroy the Nazi arsenal in Sicily.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1934
62 Minutes
ship captain doctor army major first mate professor secret agent intricate tense suspenseful ocean liner sanitarium cabin sea mysterious deaths mental breakdown secret mission technology espionage murder investigation mystery
Police try to solve a murder on board an ocean liner.
Adventure
USA|West Germany
1980
90 Minutes
Stuart Whitman Robert Vaughn Caren Kaye Raymond St. Jacques Woody Strode Sybil Danning Mary Lou Gassen Albert Salmi Michael V. Gazzo Monty Rock III
ex-soldier boss mafioso ship captain girlfriend first mate suspenseful thrilling key west, fla. cuba boat sea jail bar journey assassination plot politics hostage situation deception set-up
Adventurer gets caught up in a plot to kill Fidel Castro.
Adventure
1931
77 Minutes
Molly O'Day Edmund Burns Walter Long Paul Panzer Henry Otto James Donnelly
prisoner fugitive captain daughter beautiful woman first mate brash melodramatic ship bar docks jail treasure hunting frame-up rescue on the run redemption false accusations escape quest
After escaping from prison, an innocent man finds himself aboard a ship populated by bloodthirsty treasure hunters.
Comedy
1954
93 Minutes
Paul Douglas Alex Mackenzie James Copeland Abe Barker Hubert Gregg Geoffrey Keen Dorothy Alison Andrew Keir Meg Buchanan Mark Dignam Jameson Clark
american captain first mate sailor boy cheeky spirited amusing docks boat pub party household scotland duplicity money drinking friendship journey pursuit
An old Scottish skipper (Alex Mackenzie) outwits a U.S. businessman (Paul Douglas) trying to back out of a cargo deal.