BootDigest Such a frustrating disappointment

Stometer Save your money for something good and enjoyable

ShangLuda Admirable film.

Donald Seymour This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

AaronCapenBanner Andrew L. Stone directed this early disaster yarn that stars Robert Stack and Dorothy Malone as Cliff & Laurie Henderson, who, along with their young daughter Jill, are passengers aboard an old luxury liner whose boiler explodes, starting an engine room fire that spreads out of control, threatening to sink the ship. George Sanders plays Captain Adams, and Edmond O'Brian plays the engineer trying desperately to save the ship, and help Henderson, whose wife is now trapped, and in need of a blowtorch to free her. Exciting film with a fine cast and impressively uses a real ship to sink, rather than model work, which gives this film an added feeling of authenticity.

Armand it is a special film. not only for story or for cast. but for extraordinary care for details. for the art to give soul to a spectacular subject but almost common in a period of catastrophic scenes. a kind of gem , realistic, touching, fresh at each new discover. because a gray story becomes, in this case, a lesson about powerful art. a splendid contribution - George Sanders in an ambiguous - convincing role. the other - the admirable work of Woody Strode. its virtue - science to transform the story in a different case by disaster movies. and brave science to transform a personal case in key of tragedy. impressive, admirable, perfect work, it remains a brilliant model for this genre of movie.

evening1 This early disaster movie is dated and hackneyed but it manages to build to a suspenseful conclusion.What would you do in a similar situation -- drown with your spouse or jump aboard a lifeboat so your only child wouldn't become an orphan? This movie was striking for the moral dilemmas that it raised; I watched it with my 8-year-old son and it was interesting for us to weigh these questions together.Yet "The Last Voyage" is full of clichés and weirdness. How preternaturally happy the central couple seemed together before the crisis hit -- I didn't believe that a married couple would act this mutually bewitched. Their daughter struck me as a mini-adult in a child's body -- her screeches were so uncharacteristic of a young girl that I wished she would slip as she blubberingly crossed a plank over an abyss. And how anachronistically odd to see the only black person on board appearing bare-chested throughout, as if he were a modern incarnation of Melville's Queequeg.The film's conclusion was suspenseful and somewhat moving despite my conviction throughout that this movie would end happily. Various illogicalities jarred along the way -- how 'bout that wife appearing glamorous throughout her ordeal? And how the hell can she stand on her own just moments after being cut from the debris? Despite such quibbles, this movie kept my interest.

wes-connors After a fire in the engine room, "Claridon" luxury liner captain George Sanders (as Robert Adams), in true disaster movie form, orders engineer Edmond O'Brien (as Walsh) his crew to make repairs without telling on-board passengers. But, when the ship suffers a subsequent explosion in its boiler room, everyone knows something has gone horribly wrong. Job-transferring from Sacramento to Tokyo, Robert Stack (as Cliff Henderson) finds beautiful blonde wife Dorothy Malone (as Laurie) pinned under some debris. Moreover, red-haired daughter Tammy Marihugh (as Jill) is left cowering on the side of their cabin, which has lost its floor.Watching Mr. Stack rescue his daughter is a highlight, even though you know how this will play out; rest assured, filmmakers weren't in the habit of killing off cute little girls in the beginning of 1960 movies. From then on, the story focuses on Stack's efforts to save Ms. Malone while passengers and crew scramble for survival. Stack and Malone must consider the possibility that she - still pinned under a steel beam - should go down with the ship. One of the first crew people willing to help the couple is presciently cast Woody Strode (as Hank Lawson). Writer/director Andrew L. Stone and his wife Virginia make "The Last Voyage" an exciting trip.******** The Last Voyage (2/19/60) Andrew L. Stone ~ Robert Stack, Dorothy Malone, Woody Strode, Edmond O'Brien