Movies and TvShows featuring "shanghaied" theme.
This Sci-Fi adventure follows the struggle between good and evil forces in an alternate universe, and what happens when their 4,000-year-long conflict crosses over into modern-day Shanghai to endanger both worlds.
In this parody comedy, Abbott and Costello find themselves caught up in a romantic rivalry while trying to retrieve a love letter and a treasure map from the infamous pirate captain, Captain Kidd.
The adventures of a young pilot in a war torn country. Shin Kazama was duped into singing a three-year contract at Area 88, a secluded mercenary air force base. Determined to earn $1.5 million to buy his way out of the obligation and return home, killing becomes second nature to Shin as he quickly rises to the top rank at Area 88. He begins to question whether he is still fighting for survival, or like his fellow mercenaries, for the sheer excitement and camaraderie of battle.
When a cowboy's shipwreck puts him on a Hawaiian island, he must learn to ride a horse and befriends a teenager. They face foreclosure on their oceanfront homestead and must find a way to save it.
Jonathan Pride is a mild-mannered dance instructor in 1820 Boston. En route to visit relatives, Jonathan is shanghaied by a band of zany pirates and forced to work as a galley boy. When the pirate vessel arrives at the port of Las Palomas, Jonathan, clad in buccaneer's garb, makes his escape. Everyone in Las Palomas, including Governor Alcalde (Frank Morgan) and fetching senorita Serafina (Steffi Duna), assumes that Jonathan is the pirate chieftain, leading to a series of typical comic-opera complications.
After being shanghaied in a plot to have him declared dead and take over his ranchero and other properties, Don Ricardo, disguised as a peon, returns to Old California, and begins the fight to reclaim what is his.
In a 19th century fishing harbor, the captain of the Komquot is obsessed with catching the great white whale Dicky Moe. His obsession unnerves his crew so badly that they all desert the ship. Shortly afterward, the captain finds Tom searching for food in the harbor, knocks him out, and takes him aboard. Tom believes at first that he is going on a cruise, but the captain soon puts him to work scrubbing the deck.
A corrupt night court judge tears an innocent young family apart in his efforts to elude a special prosecutor.
In 'The Live Ghost', two sailors mistakenly believe they have killed a man and try to hide the body on a haunted ship. Hilarity ensues as they encounter ghosts, a vamp, a captain, and a series of comedic mishaps. This slapstick comedy from 1934 is sure to entertain with its farcical plot and comedic duo.
The movie revolves around the mysterious disappearance of the crew of the Mary Celeste, leaving the ship deserted. As investigators try to uncover the truth, they encounter elements of horror and drama. The plot is filled with suspense and twists, making it an intriguing watch.
On the French coast, unlucky Marie Galante is abducted and forced to board an American cargo ship bound for the Panama Canal. When an escape attempt leaves Marie high and dry in the Yucatan, she takes work as a nightclub singer to earn her safe passage to the Canal region. But Marie faces bigger problems when she gets mixed up in a destructive plot against the U.S. Naval fleet, and so she accepts the kindly assistance of secret agent Dr. Crawbett.
A sailor and his captain fight over a beautiful girl.
Two Years Before the Mast tells the story of a young sailor who endures hardships, false accusations, and a mutiny aboard a merchant ship. Fueled by revenge and a desire for justice, he navigates treacherous waters and faces the perils of the sea.
In 1850s San Francisco, a man seeks revenge for the hanging of his father and finds love and redemption along the way.
Incompetent door-to-door vacuum cleaner salesmen become enlisted without their knowledge.
The Last Moment is a silent film now considered lost.
Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam engage in a battle of wits and pranks aboard a sinking ship.
Young mechanical engineer John Ashton is trying to complete the plans for a new submarine. Under pressure to meet a deadline he has been leaning on whiskey to handle the stress which his friend Robert Gray warns him against, but to no avail. His fiancée, Grace, telephones wanting him to take a break and attend a dinner party with her. Against his better judgement and still drinking he accepts but nods off while getting ready. What follows are booze infused visions of loss and degradation so horrifying that upon awaking he swears off "the devil at his elbow”!
Italian production of Jack London's well-known, often filmed tale. Gentleman is forced to work in a seal-hunt ship ruled by a tyrannical captain. Violence rules but soon he learns to interact with the captain, just to find a thinking (and ill) man.
A cruel sea captain (Charles Middleton) oversees a rough crew.