The Hairy Ape (1944)

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Feb 21, 2026

“Hank” is a ship’s stoker whose sweaty graft keeps the engines running smoothly but also causes spoilt rich girl passenger “Mildred” (Susan Hayward) to recoil in rude horror when she strays into the bowels of his vessel. What we already know about her is that she is a snob; an entitled and supercilious woman who has no idea of just how fortunate she is to be on the rickety freighter that is taking her across the sea from war-torn Europe back to the States. Above deck, she is travelling with her friend “Helen” (Dorothy Comingore) who is enamoured of her old pal “Tony” (John Loder) who happens t…