Ghost Ship is a 1952 British second feature[1] thriller film directed by Vernon Sewell and starring Dermot Walsh and Hazel Court.

[3] This was one of four attempts by Sewell to adapt and film the Pierre Mills and Celia de Vilyars Grand Guignol stage play L'Angoisse.

[5] Guy and Margret, a newlywed couple, meet a broker to purchase the steam yacht Cyclops, intending to renovate it as their home.

Unable to find a local deckhand, Guy hires Mansel, who dismisses the haunting rumors and had poorly maintained the yacht for years.

That night, the engineer quits, claiming his wife is ill, though the Yard Manager later casts doubt, suggesting a ghost sighting caused his departure.

Dr. Fawcett senses a strong psychic presence aboard, also noticing the smell of cigar smoke, though Guy remains doubtful.

Martineau, overhearing the plan after breaking the bridge phone, confronted and shot them both, hiding their bodies in a disused water tank beneath the floor.

Guy and Dr. Fawcett locate the water tank and confirm the story, but before they can notify the police, Mansel commits suicide on deck.

Outside of dawdling too much over the first half of the footage, Vernon Sewell's production, direction and writing serve their respective purposes adequately.