The Devil's Skipper was based on Demetrios Contos, a seafaring yarn by Jack London. Effectively cast against type, Belle Bennett plays a wronged woman who becomes the most brutal and feared slave-ship captain on the Seven Seas.
Belle Bennett
as The Devil Skipper
Montagu Love
as First Mate
Gino Corrado
as Philip La Farge
Mary McAllister
as Marie La Farge
Cullen Landis
as John Dubray
G. Raymond Nye
as Nick the Greek
Pat Hartigan
as Captain McKenna
Adolph Milar
as Mate Cornish (as Adolph Millar)
Carolynne Snowden
as Slave (as Caroline Snowden)
Stepin Fetchit
as Slave's Husband
