The Adventures of Martin Eden | |
Director: | Sidney Salkow |
Producer: | B. P. Schulberg |
Cinematography: | Franz Planer |
Editing: | Al Clark |
Starring: | Glenn Ford Claire Trevor |
Distributor: | Columbia Pictures |
Runtime: | 87 minutes |
Country: | United States |
Budget: | $1 million[1] |
Language: | English |
The Adventures of Martin Eden is a 1942 (~$ in) black-and-white adventure film directed by Sidney Salkow and starring Glenn Ford and Claire Trevor. It is based on Jack London's novel Martin Eden (1909).
Martin Eden wants to be a writer but embarks as a sailor on a merchant ship. A storm hits the ship, which sinks. Martin escapes and decides to write about the experience.